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Two people were injured after a crane collapsed and smashed into a building at a construction site in Edinburgh. The arm of the crane crashed into the...
Part of Leith Walk was closed off after the machinery toppled at the building site.
Pedestrians and drivers warned to avoid the area
Emergency services in Edinburgh were called to reports of a crane collapsing on a block of flats that had been constructed in the area of Leith - people have been told to avoid the area
Jeanette Smith (pictured) told how she heard a deafening 'bang' and her entire building shook in the force of the impact shortly before 9.30am on Tuesday.