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5 injured in NYC crane collapse

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    Rescue crews on the scene in Long Island City, Queens

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Breaking news -- of the Borough of queens in New York City rescue crews are now on the scene here's the collapse of a frame it.

In Queens that the town as Long Island City is just across the queen's verbiage bridge from midtown Manhattan.

They now called the Ed Koch bridge but -- -- what that is fox five our local station.

Is reporting and the NYPD now confirms.

Five people injured in this crane collapse and on the line with -- -- a man who saw it -- been -- minutes with us.

Lives in some apartments that are nearby.

Ben what you see here here.

I will I was actually working at laid bare the group of people -- -- real through the leg and both departments -- -- -- -- -- -- just.

-- a typical.

You know construction -- -- but then I realized there was much -- -- I walked over.

And I immediately thought -- workers streaming out has split the beauty you know alert horn and then.

I could see the police coming from Manhattan over there.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- There.

And did was it what was the scene like or we need to for a way to tell what the little people or noon.

It looked like they're all very little is doing whatever their protocol is Berlin they.

And then when I went downstairs and -- check it out all the police were lining up in front and getting -- who are these stuff ready.

It looks like a pretty big construction site has been going on a while the -- you.

-- -- -- Up but we'll -- -- there's -- who doesn't they've been doing for about a year though I think.

And -- all right been Bittermann who saw it happen again the crane has collapse rescue workers are on scene right now this happened less than an hour ago.

Five people said to be injured don't know the status of their injuries or how bad they are we'll get you more on this New York City.

Breaking news as it has.

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