Crane falls onto Fort Lauderdale house after boom truck tips over
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said no one was injured after the boom truck overturned and the crane damaged only a small section of the roof.
- On Thursday morning, a boom truck tipped over in Fort Lauderdale, sending a crane onto a residential home in the Rio Vista neighborhood. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the incident.
- The accident occurred at approximately 9:15 a.m. in the 700 block of Southeast Eighth Street. Video captured the heavy machinery leaning against the house with the truck dangling in the air.
- Footage shared by the agency confirmed the boom truck belonged to Cooper Crane, a company based in West Park. The crane damaged a small section of the home's outer roof structure.
- Fire Rescue confirmed no one was injured during the incident. Video from Sky 10 shows the crane did not penetrate the roof, limiting structural damage.
- Investigators have not yet determined what caused the crane to collapse. It remains unclear whether the residence sustained further structural damage beyond the initial roof impact.
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Video shows a crane and a truck that overturned onto a house in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said no one was injured in the incident that occurred at around 9:15 a.m. in the 800 block of Southeast 8th Street. The footage taken by fire rescue shows a crane leaning on a home, and the truck attached to it dangling in the air, with only one tire in the ground. It was not immediately clear what caused the crane to fall, or…
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