A 10-meter-tall (about 33 feet) and 30-meter-long (about 98 feet) crane collapsed at a Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) construction site on Anderson Road, Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong, on Sept. 8. It fell onto several shipping containers that had been converted into temporary offices. The collapse caused three deaths and six injuries, including workers who were trapped for hours.
Government officials expressed their deep concern about the accident and are investigating the cause from the perspective of the structure of the foundation.
An injured person was trapped underneath the crane, only his lower body was visible until evening. He was rescued, covered with white sheet, and carried from the scene by firefighters. (Sung Pi-Lung/The Epoch Times)
Crane Wasn’t Moving Objects
The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. Photos on the internet showed that the collapsed crane had fallen at the boundary of the site, the center part of the crane was broken, and the red “I-beam” foundation had flipped….