From New York Daily News;
“One worker was killed and four others injured when a crane collapsed Tuesday night at the construction site for the MTA No. 7 train extension project,officials said.
The man who died, a 29-year-old, was pulled from the pit that sits 60 feet below street level at W. 34th St. and 11th Ave., the FDNY said. He went into cardiac arrest on the way to Bellevue Hospital where he died.”
See New York Crane Accident Attorney Howard Hershenhorn comment on 2008 Manhattan Crane Collapses here.