Crane tumbles, crashes through roof
of condominium complex
Article Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel
By Johnny Diaz
Published September 11, 2019
A crane that was being
used to repair a sea wall along the
Intracoastal Waterway collapsed and smashed
into the roof of a South Florida
condominium.
It happened Sunday
night at the four-story complex near the 3700 block of
Northeast 170th Street in North Miami Beach.
No one was hurt, but condo resident Antonio Abreau told WFOR-Ch.
4. he thought the world was falling in on him.
“Massive, I thought it was a plane crash,” he told the
station. “I saw big pieces falling out of the roof.”
Aerial views from TV news helicopters showed the crane
resting against and through part of the roof of the
condominium complex.
Crane tumbles, crashes through roof of condominium complex
Efrain Daleccio, a safety director with Shoreline
Foundation, which is in charge of the project, told WSVN-Ch.
7 that a barge which held the crane shifted and then the
crane tipped.
“Those barges are composed of different cavities. If one of
them is full of water, it’s like a chain,” said Daleccio.
“We have to make sure that when we remove the crane, it’s
done in the safest way. Our first effort is [to] release the
building. We are planning to remove the boom of the crane.”
A crane that was being used to repair a sea wall
along the Intracoastal Waterway collapsed and smashed into the roof
of a South Florida condominium.It happened Sunday night at the
four-story complex near the 3700 block of Northeast 170th Street in
North Miami Beach.
Residents were evacuated from the building Sunday night. Coast Guard
officials were also on the scene investigating the incident and to use booms
to collect any leaking fuel or other substances.
Daleccio told WPLG-Ch. 10 that it may take days to remove the crane.
