Friday, April 24, 2009

Crane crash kills tourist

In taipei, one tourist from mainland China was killed and five others were injured when a construction crane fell on their bus in Taiwan's capital on Friday. One man was killed on the spot and five others were hurt and sent to two hospitals. The six were part of a tour group of 25, from southern Guangdong province, who had to be pulled from their bus after it was smashed by the falling crane. The crane fell on the bus from the 37th storey of a building under construction near Taipei 101, once the world's tallest skyscraper. Police are investigating the accident.

1 comment:

YC said...

In Singapore, we also have a crane topple due to the strong wind.
Luckily for us, we do not have any reported injury.
This incident happen at Amdmore park which is a luxurious condominium under construction.