05.07.2009

Crane drops load

A tower crane working on a high rise building in Melbourne, Australia, dropped one and a half tonnes of plasterboard from 31 storeys into the street below, yesterday.
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Over a tonne and a half of Plasterboard fell into the street

Fortunately the bulk of the load narrowly missed two cars waiting at the traffic lights of City Road and no one was injured in the incident.
WorkSafe inspectors have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident, while police blocked off around 200 metres of City road.