Crane collapse outside Google building in Seattle kills 4

Joe Teehan

KGMIAP Photo/Elaine ThompsonWith a portion of the broken crane on the roof behind, workers suspended in a basket survey the damage left on the building when the crane atop it collapsed a day earlier, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Seattle. The construction crane fell from a building on Google's new campus during a storm that brought wind gusts, crashing down onto one of the city's busiest streets and killing multiple people.

4-29-2019

SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Four people were killed and four injured when a construction crane fell from Google’s new Seattle campus building in the South Lake Union neighborhood along the busy Mercer Street.

Among those killed were ironworkers Andrew Yoder and Travis Corbet, and Seattle Pacific University freshman Sarah Wong.

A 25-year-old mother and her 4-month-old daughter were in one of the six cars hit by the crane, but suffered only minor injuries.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says crews will be checking other construction cranes in the city to ensure they’re safe.

As of January, Seattle had 60 cranes working, more than any other U.S. city.

Tim Church with the Department of Labor and Industries says they’ve opened investigations into four companies involved, which include general contractor GLY, Northwest Tower Crane Service Inc., Omega Rigging and Machinery Moving Inc. and Morrow Equipment Co. LLC.

Dramatic dashcam footage shows construction crane tumbling from building in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.

The collapse left four people dead and three others injured. https://t.co/lLPcsNpdBu pic.twitter.com/8sGKjgbjBC

— ABC News (@ABC) April 29, 2019