Earlier this week the boom of a lattice crawler crane came down onto a passing train on the Shanghai Metro.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning, severely damaging the front of the train, and clipping several carriages, but thankfully no one was injured or hurt, although it did cause severe delays on the line.
The scene on Sunday morning
It seems that the crane that lost its boom was lifting a concrete beam for a new line, in tandem with a larger crawler crane when a cable on the smaller crane broke, causing the boom and the load to drop, the beam came down into an area alongside the track, while the crane's boom dropped across the tracks hitting the front front of a rapidly approaching train. The video below shows the incident in a great deal more detail and includes commentary on what happened.
Passengers were evacuated from the train and had to walk alongside the track to the nearest station. The train service apologised for the delays caused by the incident and quickly organised a number of bus routes to move passengers around the closures.
China's Ministry of Emergency Management coordinated the rescue efforts and the investigation, stating: “We will determine the cause of the incident and punish those responsible.”
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