crane collapse

Buildings commissioner Jimmy Oddo said the area around the collapse had been secured.

The NYPD is urging people to avoid the surrounding area of the collapse.

Apparently the hydraulic system of the crane failed.

Two people were killed today after a crane collapse in Queens.

Four people sustained minor injuries related to the collapse.

It brought traffic on the bridge to a complete standstill.

David Wichs was on his way to work on February 5th when he was killed in the crane collapse that injured three other people.

Thomas O'Brien, 73, suffered fractures to his spine and skull when the crane crushed the car he was sitting in.

Mayor de Blasio stressed that "no building is worth a person's life."

Bay Crane has been sued at least five times over accidents in the last four years.