_National Construction crane falls, kills 5 Contractor previously was negligent By lames Clifford Asso< idled Press SAX FKAXCISCO (AI’) A crane plummeted from the ltilh stnr\ of a building under con strui turn Tuesda\ flattening a school van. several i ars and smashing into .in office build ing across the street At least five people were killed 1 in lured and five left missing, an thorities said "It felt like an earthquake." said Merrill l.vnch Vue I’resi dent |oe Mi haughlin, who was in the damaged ollii e building "I looked out and saw two hod ies One construction worker's boots were siic king up through a mass ol jagged metal In the aftermath ot the a< i i dent that rained i om rete and twisted steel on one ol the bus lest intersections in the tinan i ial distrii t a prosecutor said criminal negligent e ( barges tw ice previously had been filed against the project's general i ontrat tor tor at ( idents on I .os Angeles construt lion sites There were conflicting state mcnts on w hat was happening before the crane fell l ire Chief Fred Postel said it was hoisting steel beams, but the general contractor said the crane was being repositioned from the Kith to the I'tith floors A piei e of the crane .it least three stories long dangled from the side of the building undei construction two hours after the H t() a m at ( ulent I’olii e roped oil the area and ambu lam es rushed in and out The street was littered with flattened cars and a mangled motori yi le (las was i ill oft to the damaged It I slor\ office building for tear of an expio sum "The wreckage looks abso lulely iiii redible steel beams look like pit klip sinks said Ai ting Mayor Angela Aliolo sitting in while Mayor Art Ag nos tours the country urging tourists to return in the wake of the ()( t 17 earthquake At an afternoon news confer ence at the scene Alioto said experts could not immediately determine the cause of the col lapse She also said streets in a four square-block area would be i losed for at least a w eek for cleanup and repairs and the California Street cable i ar also \vas shut down Alioto >..11(1 tin’ do,id were four construction workers, oil from the Seattle area and the woman driv ing the school van operated bv l.aidlaw liansit ln< "It's prettv rough, said Laidlavv Senior Vice President Howard Wallack They (other employees) are pretty upset and we are arranging a i hap lain and psv< hologist to go over to our off it es The tire i hief said five peo pie were listed as missing in the twisted steel and broken concrete Three hospitals reported re reiving -1 vie tints, four in seri oils condition Most of the rest had minor injuries Swinerton S Walberg do ot San I ram isi o, the general i on tractor on the job. said the crane was being repositioned from the Kith storv to the litJth storv , the set mid such reposi tinning of the projei t The i i,me model \'o SN la * manufai lured liv A merit an Pen o of Millwood, N 'l had a i apai its ol 17 tons The site was last inspected b\ the stale Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Aug 1 I The projei t. w Im li began in January has not been ( ited lor safety violations, the company said in a new s release (aiminal negligence (barges w ere tw i< e tiled against Swinerton and \\ albert in tout and Pint, tor separate a< i idents on the l.os Angeles sites said I .os Angeles Deputy ( aty Attoi uev Mb had (Illarion In I*IH 1. ( barges w ere tiled after a crane collapsed and an unknown mimbei ol people were killed, (iuarino said The i ase w.is dropped be( ause pros ei ulors could not get the kind ol charges they wanted to the pit y he said Prosecutors wanted to prove only culpable negligem e in the ( use (iuarino said but the state labor lode requires that prose t utors prove wanton and will till disregard lor human safety he said In the 1 'iHti i ase. (iuarino said. Swinerton and Walberg w.is a in defendant in a (.ase stemming from a construction site accident that killed three ironworkers alter the steel su perstrui lure ol a 1 story office building was overloaded Get a 14” 1 ITEM Plus one 16-oz. PEPSI NAME_ ADDRESS. 687-8600 • 1432 Orchard One Coupon Per Pina • Expires 11 -29 89 I'li.it i .isc resulted in .1 t 1 \ 11 ( nmpromise in w hit h Ssvinertnn anil Uulberg agreed In sponsor a safels vinmar fm downtown Ins Angeles inn Irai tors and In donate an 1111 known amount In a labor safety I man I ( biarino said According to Washington stain Department of l..dmr and Intlusli ins rm nrds I In* San I rani isrn project's 1 rant- sub i nnlr.11 tor I'hu I'm linn l In n! Kirkland Wash u.is finml tin sutrt\ \ inlalinns at lu.isl Inur limns bi'lnri’ I'm? tliri'u limns in l'.tH? and mu u in 1‘lHH said dupii ii pi*())111■ In a brii'l stalmiii'iit lunsdav night tin- di'|iartmi'iil said it moved. in a sealed i nurt request last week, to quash the suh poenas served on si\ government agem ins While ledmal judges ill Hmnklvn. \ Y and Washington dei lined to grant the government’s request I'.in Am was
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