Cowboys Stadium Crane Accident Injures 3
ARLINGTON (CBS 11 News) ―
Three people are injured after a crane accident at the still-under-construction Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels tells CBS 11 News the accident happened while workers were in the process of assembling the crane. One of the cables being used to assemble the crane either broke or became disconnected. Arlington Fire Department Battalion Chief Bill McQuatters said it's possible that some of the support struts on the crane also broke, but it's too early to know for sure.
Arlington firefighters on the scene say one man was critically hurt when he fell 20 feet from the crane to the ground. An air ambulance was taking him to Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Chopper 11 showed emergency technicians working on the man as they loaded him into the helicopter.
Two other workers were also taken to hospitals in ground ambulances with unknown injuries. It's not clear how they were injured.
None of the injuries is thought to be life-threatening, firefighters said.
A witness to the accident told CBS 11's Katherine Blake that she heard a "loud noise." She said she then saw part of the crane on the ground.
This is the second crane accident in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in as many days. Click here for the story of Wednesday's accident.
Three people are injured after a crane accident at the still-under-construction Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels tells CBS 11 News the accident happened while workers were in the process of assembling the crane. One of the cables being used to assemble the crane either broke or became disconnected. Arlington Fire Department Battalion Chief Bill McQuatters said it's possible that some of the support struts on the crane also broke, but it's too early to know for sure.
Arlington firefighters on the scene say one man was critically hurt when he fell 20 feet from the crane to the ground. An air ambulance was taking him to Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Chopper 11 showed emergency technicians working on the man as they loaded him into the helicopter.
Two other workers were also taken to hospitals in ground ambulances with unknown injuries. It's not clear how they were injured.
None of the injuries is thought to be life-threatening, firefighters said.
A witness to the accident told CBS 11's Katherine Blake that she heard a "loud noise." She said she then saw part of the crane on the ground.
This is the second crane accident in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in as many days. Click here for the story of Wednesday's accident.
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