Nutley Woman Injured In NYC Crane Collapse

Nutley, NJ – A Nutley woman was one of three people injured when a giant crane collapsed in lower Manhattan during Friday’s busy rush hour.

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The tragedy claimed the life of a 38-year-old Saddle Brook man in addition to injuring Dawn Kojima, 45, of Nutley.

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Kojima reportedly suffered her injury due to falling debris from the crane, which came down along Worth Street at 8:24 a.m.

The Nutley resident told Gothamist.com that she was on her way to work when she heard the sound of screeching metal.

“I heard something coming down and I looked up,” Kojima told the Daily News from her hospital bed just hours after the tragic incident.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the crawler crane was being brought down to be secured when it collapsed and workers were directing traffic away from the site.

The company that owns the crane, Bay Crane, has a safety standard that requires the crane to be brought down if winds are projected to reach 25 miles per hour. De Blasio said the standard was lower than most companies.

Neither Bay Crane nor Galasso Trucking and Rigging, the company that operates the crane had any recent violations.

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