A woman in the U.S. narrowly dodged death after a crane fell off a trailer and?crushed her car in the middle of the road.??
The incident took place in New York, the U.S., on Tuesday. The woman was driving on Bedford Park Boulevard near Villa Avenue in Jerome Park. The whole incident was caught on camera.?
In the heart-stopping video, the?crane of a boom truck can be seen collapsing on top of an occupied car. However, as fate would have it, the driver miraculously survived with only minor injuries, according to the New York Post.?
The truck was next to the site of a building under construction when the lifting arm suddenly slammed down on the windshield of the car entering the intersection, the video shows.
The boom also knocked down a street lamp and left debris on the road.?
People could be seen rushing to the scene to help.
"My back hurts, my neck hurts, my head hurts," Cruz told CBS2.?"The firefighters had even told me that if I had driven, like, even like 2 inches forward that I would not be standing here today."??
"I hope that that construction company is held accountable," she added.?
The New York Fire Department (FDNY)?said a second person was taken to the same hospital but did not immediately provide information about that person¡¯s condition.
The incident prompted fire officials to evacuate about 29 workers from the site as a precaution pending an evaluation by the city Department of Buildings.?
The DOB said a preliminary investigation found that the boom truck was lifting a load of metal from a trailer onto the roof of an 11-story residential construction project. The arm of the boom failed and collapsed.?The cause of the failure is under investigation.
During an inspection of the building, the DOB found several safety violations. It prompted the department to issue summonses for failure to safeguard the construction site, failure to obtain electrical permits and a construction elevator violation.
A partial stop work order was issued, preventing material deliveries and all work above 75 feet, until the conditions are resolved.
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