Crane collapse: four killed in Seattle as cars are crushed
Two crane operators dead along with two people in cars after machine falls from top of downtown building under construction
Four people were killed and three injured when a construction crane collapsed Saturday in downtown Seattle, pinning six cars underneath, Seattle’s fire chief said.
The four were dead by the time firefighters got to the scene, said Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. Two of the dead were crane operators and the other two were people who had been in cars.