26.09.2008

Tower crane drops its load

A luffing jib tower crane working on a building in York road, Waterloo, London dropped its load this morning onto a bus stop in the street below.
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The crane

The load, an air conditioning unit, dropped around 30 metres striking a young woman waiting for the bus. The woman, believed to be in her mid-20s was taken to hospital suffering from serious injuries.
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The dropped load

A police spokesman later said: "We were called this morning at 9.10am to an incident at York Road, SE1, to a report of a woman who was seriously injured by an item falling from above. She is in hospital receiving treatment."

The Health and Safety Executive are investigating. The accident occurred as a group of residents and others were marking the second anniversary of the Battersea tower crane accident just a mile or two away.