VIDEO: Austin construction workers run for lives as massive crane collapses

VIDEO: Austin construction workers run for lives as massive crane collapses

Austin Fire Dept. says man was trapped under crane

By Adrian Garcia - Digital Journalist

Posted: 2:10 PM, January 10, 2018

AUSTIN - Nearly a dozen workers escaped with their lives Wednesday morning after a massive crane lifting a large concrete wall collapsed at a construction site in southeast Austin. 

미국 텍사스주 오스틴 최남단에 있는 한 건설현장.

크레인이 전도되어 건설근로자가 피신하는 장면이 포착됐다.

Video of the serious construction incident was posted to Reddit -- a public social news aggregation website -- showing the frightening moments when the crane toppled over on its side.

((EDITOR'S NOTE: THERE'S NO SOUND TO THE VIDEO))

The video shows the construction workers standing underneath the crane as it lifts what appears to be a concrete wall until a wire suddenly snaps.

The snapped wire caused the concrete slab to drop and a worker who was standing on the wall to fall.

As the concrete structure falls, the video shows the crane collapsing while the workers flee the area.

According to the department’s official Twitter page, Austin-Travis County EMS were dispatched just before 9 a.m. to the construction site near the 2300 block of East St. Elmo Road for a reported crane malfunction/accident. 

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