Four people died on the scene and another four were injured after a crane fell on the construction site of a new Google campus.
A crane that fell and killed four people on Saturday in Seattle is removed from the scene. By Deanna Paul Deanna Paul Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 28 at 11:08 AM A tower crane tumbled from the roof of a downtown Seattle building on Saturday, killing four and injuring four others, the Seattle Fire Department said.
Members of the Seattle Police Department and Seattle Fire Department first responded to Fairview Avenue and Mercer Street about 3:30 p.m. Fire department officials said that, by the time rescuers arrived, three men and one woman had died: two iron workers who were in the crane when it fell and two people who were in cars.
“This is a tragic day in Seattle with this catastrophic incident in the heart of our city,” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a statement Saturday. But, she said, the city also saw “some miracles,” like a 25-year-old mother and her 4-month-old daughter who survived despite being trapped inside one of the cars crushed by the crane.The cause of the collapse is still under investigation. Durkan said. “It will take time.
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