Arc Lever Crash: The witness describes a sound like an “earthquake” before the crane collapsed on East London’s homes

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A woman said she was “feeling traumatized” after a crane hit nearby homes in Bo East London.

The 20-meter crane collapsed onto a block of apartments under development and collided with two stepped houses in Compton Close at around 2.40 pm on Wednesday afternoon.

A dead woman was found at the scene, while two women were taken to hospital with head injuries, while the London ambulance service treated two other women at the site.

A woman, who did not want to be named, told the Palestinian Authority News Agency that her family was fortunate to have survived.

She said her house was next to the house that felt the full impact of the accident, and said the crash looked “like an earthquake.”

The crane collapses in the arch – in pictures 1/17

The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Rescue personnel use a dog in the area where a crane collapsed into the bow

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Rescue personnel use a dog in the area where a crane collapsed into the bow

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Members of the fire brigade stand on a platform looking at the damaged roof of property in the arch

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A drone flies over a damaged roof scene of a property in Bo

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The police closed the streets around the scene

Rachel Burford

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

Rachel Burford

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

Nathaniel Kelly

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Emergency services at the crane crash site on Compton Road

Bridget Turney

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Emergency services at the site of the fallen crane

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London fire brigade carried out a “complex rescue operation”

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London fire brigade carried out a “complex rescue operation”

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Emergency services at the crane crash site on Compton Road

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Cordons was at the scene

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Rescue personnel use a dog in the area where a crane collapsed into the bow

Photography: Reuters

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Rescue personnel use a dog in the area where a crane collapsed into the bow

Photography: Reuters

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Members of the fire brigade stand on a platform looking at the damaged roof of property in the arch

French Press Agency via Getty Images

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A drone flies over a damaged roof scene of a property in Bo

French Press Agency via Getty Images

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The police closed the streets around the scene

Rachel Burford

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

Rachel Burford

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

Nathaniel Kelly

9/17

The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

London Fire Brigade

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Emergency services at the crane crash site on Compton Road

Bridget Turney

11/17

The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

Palestinian Authority

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Emergency services at the site of the fallen crane

Palestinian Authority

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London fire brigade carried out a “complex rescue operation”

Palestinian Authority

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London fire brigade carried out a “complex rescue operation”

Palestinian Authority

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Emergency services at the crane crash site on Compton Road

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The 20-meter long winch fell on two houses

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Cordons was at the scene

Palestinian Authority

The woman said, “There were only rubble and things in the hallway. There was smoke, spots, and swaying. My mother was shouting for me because I thought it hit me.

She was screaming. I was screaming again. Then I realized that my brother is in the basement and I need to grab everything I can and go. “

The witness added: “It looked to me like an earthquake or almost the stone that someone hit in our house.

“We are all very fortunate to be alive – that’s all I can really say.

“How can people go back home and not feel shocked? I can feel it all over my body now. I feel shocked.”

Emergency services at the crane crash site in Roo (Rachel Burford)

Firefighters rushed to Gail Street and carried out a “complex rescue operation” to free the trapped people.

“We treated four people at the scene. We treated two of these patients with head injuries and took them to the hospital and we evaluated the other patients at the scene,” said an ambulance spokesman in London.

22-year-old student Anthony Small, who lives near the construction site on Devons Road, told Evening Standard newspaper that he believed an “earthquake” was occurring.

“The whole building was shivering and there was a loud metallic loud sound. I didn’t know how it would fall so I was preparing for the effect.

The crane collapses on houses in the arch

“The sound was very loud when the building hit and you could hear all the broken tiles and rubble. The whole building site was screaming and swearing. It was scary.”

“It was a terrible sound of metal screaming and then it crashed,” said Lucas Walgra, who lives opposite the construction site.

“I never thought something like this would happen. There should be an investigation.”

The Mayor of London praised the woman who died on the accident site on Twitter.

He said: “This is a tragedy. I extend my sincere condolences to the family of the victim who died during this accident in Bo today.

“I sincerely hope that the four infected people will fully recover.”

The crane that collapsed was used by the Swan Housing Association and NU living.

A woman dies after a 20-meter crane collapses on the bow’s house

“The Swan Housing Association / NU living is aware of an accident at the WhatsApp development site in Tower Hamlets, east of London, this afternoon,” said a spokeswoman for the NU Living.

“A full incident response was implemented and our on-site staff support emergency services in their response.”

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