A shocking dashcam video has captured the moment a lorry crane collapsed at a construction site, tragically killing a female biker.
The tragic incident was caught on video by a vehicle's dashcam as it folllowed behind two motorcyclists along a road by an active construction site in Ganzhou, in the Chinese Province of Jiangxi on October 10. The clip, which was on Douyin, China's version of TikTok, showed the moment a panel the crane was lifting dropped to the side of the road.
But a second later the huge crane fell on the bike the woman was travelling on. The crane collapse reportedly killed the woman instantly as she was riding her electric bike past the building site, according to the Ganzhou Emergency Bureau.
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A resident told local media that he heard a loud noise at around 7am before discovering that a crane at the construction site had fallen to the ground. He also said that the collapsed crane hit two other people who were parents sending their children to school.
Emergency services attended the scene and an investigation is ongoing. However, no further details about this from authorities.
Back in 2021, woman died after a 20m crane collapsed onto a building in London. She was found on the first floor of one of the houses hit by the crane and confirmed dead at the scene.
The crane collapsed on the site where flats are being constructed, and crashed onto two adjacent houses. The incident happened in Gale Street, in the Bow area of east London, with emergency services urging members of the public to avoid the area.
London Ambulance Service confirmed four people suffered injuries in the collapse, and that a tragic fifth person was later found and died at the scene. Two of the people injured were taken to hospital with head injuries, while two others did not require hospital treatment.
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