Crane Accident in Midtown East Leaves Several Injured

#newyork #breaking crane pic.twitter.com/hPEpEncbq0

— Lily Cat (@Violetworld) May 31, 2015

At around 11am this morning, a crane collapsed at a Midtown East construction site. According to The Post, 10 people were injured, including several construction workers. All have been taken to Bellevue and New York Presbyterian hospitals and are in stable condition.

The crane was lifting a large air conditioning unit when the cable snapped, dropping the four-ton unit and shattering the facade of 261 Madison Avenue. Officials have closed sections of Madison Avenue from 37th to 39th streets.

Midtown Crane collapse pic.twitter.com/1uBa6lKnu3

— James Velez (@ShamusVelez) May 31, 2015

NBC reports that Mayor de Blasio has called for a full investigation of the accident.

"Thank God this incident occurred at an hour of the day on a weekend when there weren't too many people around," he said.

Just a month ago, another crane accident in Midtown East left a construction worker dead.

Walked next to this only an hour before it collapsed against the side of this building and it dropped its load about 30stories. Many blocks of midtown are blocked off with hundreds of NYC's finest protecting the public. #cranecollapse. #wilsonNYC2015

A photo posted by Mike Wilson (@mwfoodieengineer) on May 31, 2015 at 10:08am PDT

Crane accident just now at 38 & Madison - apparently no one hurt, a few cars hit by building debris pic.twitter.com/yLc4Zhr1jj

— borborygmi (@nickgenes) May 31, 2015

A photo posted by Milo Avidane (@miloavidane) on May 31, 2015 at 8:59am PDT

· Photos: Multiple People Injured After Crane Strikes Building In Midtown East [Gothamist]
· At least 10 hurt after crane smashes into Midtown building [NYP]
· AC Unit Falls From Crane in Midtown Manhattan, 10 Injured [NBC]
· All Construction Accidents coverage [Curbed]