The man (variously reported as 79 or 80 years old) was watching the mobile crane lift a church spire into place, when the crane’s boom collapsed. Pictures show the boom lying across the car, in which the man was sitting. A 78-year-old woman escaped from the car without serious injury.
Crane collapse kills one in Oklahoma
A man has been killed while watching a crane perform a lift, in Oklahama City, USA.