DALLAS — A construction crane collapsed into an apartment building in downtown Dallas Sunday afternoon amid severe weather, killing one woman and injuring five others, according to news reports.
Video showing inside the apartment building. The crane fell through the parking garage. Woman who shot this says her neighbor broke his neck pic.twitter.com/IHkeSEaLXi
— Allison Harris (@AllisonFox4News) June 9, 2019
Update 1:40 p.m. EDT June 10: The woman killed in Sunday's crane collapse has been identified as Kiersten Symone Smith, 29, according to The Dallas Morning News. Authorities said five other people were also injured in the incident.
Officials with the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department said Monday that authorities continued to escort residents of the Elan City Lights building in and out of the property to retrieve their possessions.
Residents affected by the crane collapse at 2627 Live Oak will be escorted into their residence today to obtain personal property during the following times: 11:30am; 3PM; and 6PM.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) June 10, 2019
The falling crane tore a large gash into the east side building and destroyed much of an adjacent parking garage. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.
A representative of the crane's operator, California-based Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, said in a statement obtained by the Morning News that the company is cooperating with investigating officials.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with those directly impacted by this incident, their families and loved ones, and with those who suffered property damage," Bigge Crane and Rigging Company representative Randy Smith said.
Original report: The crane, pushed over by strong winds, crashed into the 5-story Elan City Lights apartment complex as high winds whipped through the area Sunday afternoon, KXAS-TV reported.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans told the Dallas Morning News that the crane toppled into the building, ripping a large hole in the side, according to The Associated Press. It also damaged an adjacent parking garage and some of the vehicles in it.
One woman was found dead after rescue crews searched the damaged building.
Dallas fire rescue: Wall suffered significant damage in crane collapse.
— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) June 9, 2019
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Some of the victims in the accident were taken to Parkland Hospital and others to Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials said.
Of the five victims, two were in critically injured, KXAS reported.
The accident happened during a severe thunder storm watch in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Nearby residents captured video of the moment the crane collapsed.
Video of the moment the crane collapsed onto the apartment building in Deep Ellum in Dallas. From Soph Daigle pic.twitter.com/CGI6wCFApv
— Allison Harris (@AllisonFox4News) June 9, 2019
NEW VIDEO from an eyewitness at the apartment complex on the east side of the Dallas skyline badly damaged by a falling crane in this afternoon’s severe thunderstorm. (Warning about the language.) pic.twitter.com/6hKUGFEUOy
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) June 9, 2019
High winds also damaged a hangar door and a section of the roof at a Southwest Airlines maintenance facility at Dallas Love Field, WFAA-TV reported.
#TXSkyRanger is at #LoveField looking at the damage done to a @SouthwestAir hanger. #StormDamage #dfwwx #NBCDFWWeather pic.twitter.com/xGQ5MAEomb
— Brian James (@BrianJamesNBC5) June 9, 2019
A crane fell over in an apt. complex in downtown dallas from the storm. pic.twitter.com/A1w0JYjLGC
— Franklin Campbell (@beebellfrank) June 9, 2019
A construction crane collapsed on an apartment building in Dallas as severe storms swept through the area https://t.co/nSA2lZQrLB pic.twitter.com/PgAsEsOnfW
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 9, 2019
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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