NYC woman sues operator, companies over crane collapse
A woman who had debris rain down on her while she was in her car during the crane collapse in Manhattan last month is suing the crane operator.
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A woman who had debris rain down on her while she was in her car during the crane collapse in Manhattan last month is suing the crane operator.
Marcy Olin, 59, filed the first lawsuit against the crane operator and construction company after a crane collapsed last month in New York City.
The operator of the crane at the center of Wednesday’s disaster in Midtown was previously charged in a 2008 construction accident that resulted in the death of his co-worker. Chris Van Duyne, 62, who the Department of Buildings said was at the controls around 7:30 a.m. when his tower hoist burst into flame, caught the blame 15 years ago for a workplace death involving compromising safety ...
Construction workers, pedestrians and firefighters reported nothing more than back pain, dizziness and a "minor laceration" to the head in Wednesday's dramatic crane collapse in Hell's Kitchen.