NYC crane collapses; injures several

3 seriously injured

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Posted: 01/09/2013
Last Updated: 128 days ago

NEW YORK (AP) -  

The Fire Department of New York says seven people have been hurt, three of them seriously, when a crane collapsed at a construction site in the city's Queens borough.
 
The fire department got the call shortly before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Long Island City neighborhood.
 
The crane was visible along the East River behind a big neon "Pepsi Cola" sign, a local landmark.
 
The three people who were seriously injured are in stable condition.
 

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