NEW YORK—A giant construction crane toppled off the new Tappan Zee Bridge and collapsed across the busy span it is replacing July 19, halting traffic in the afternoon.
No cars were hit by the crane’s arm as it came down around noon, but Rockland County Executive Ed Day wrote on Twitter that three people suffered minor injuries when vehicles swerved and stopped to avoid the wreckage.
Video from a news helicopter showed at least one person being removed from a car and loaded into an ambulance.
Several boats carrying emergency workers were maneuvering in the river around the collapsed crane arm, while other workers appeared to be scanning the water around the wreck.
Rockland County had a helicopter and marine unit at the scene, according to Day. The county executive wrote on Twitter that the crane operator was shaken but not hurt.
In March, a 90-foot tugboat sank after it hit a construction barge near the bridge site, killing three crew members.
