4 Dead After Construction Crane Crushes Cars in Seattle

4 Dead After Construction Crane Crushes Cars in Seattle
A construction crane fell into eastbound and westbound Mercer Street near Fairview Avenue East , in Seattle on April 27, 2019. Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times via AP
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SEATTLE—Four people were killed and three injured when a construction crane collapsed Saturday in downtown Seattle, pinning six cars underneath, Seattle’s fire chief said.

The four were dead by the time firefighters got to the scene, Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said. He said two of the dead were crane operators and the other two were people who had been in cars.