Boston firefighters and emergency personnel at the scene of a crane collapse yesterday on West Street in Downtown Crossing.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
Crane falls down, killing worker
Suffolk University roof was being inspected
Boston firefighters and emergency personnel at the scene of a crane collapse yesterday on West Street in Downtown Crossing.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
By
Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff and John M. Guilfoil
Globe Correspondent
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February 8, 2009
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One worker was killed and another seriously injured after a crane used to inspect the roof of a seven-story Suffolk University dormitory fell over yesterday morning, its 110-foot metal arm plummeting through the air before slamming into a building in the heart of busy Downtown Crossing. (Full article: 697 words)
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