The action takes place on the streets of the Bronx, in New York in the USA. Danielle Cruz, a 22-year-old student at Lehman College, drives her car to class Ford Focus Gray when she was the victim of an accident.

When she was stopped at a red light, an incredible scene unfolded: on a nearby construction site, workers were lifting a load to a high floor. Crane is used for this purpose and is installed on a cargo crane, crashes and falls on the car of a young woman.

A woman miraculously survived with minor injuries when a boom truck crane broke off a car in the Bronx and crushed her car while she was stopped at a traffic light. The fireman told her that if she had stopped 3 inches forward, she would have been dead. 😱 https://t.co/FSS2zOoOxP pic.twitter.com/0a5ALfl1ob

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The crane literally crushed his car

During the fall, the crane carried a traffic light on its way and crashed into a Ford Focus with the front part of the car. Danielle Cruz was wounded hand and lipand was pulled from her car by passers-by as she was no longer able to open her door, which was blocked by the deformation of the sheet metal under the weight of the car.

According to the young student, the accident happened “slow and fast at the same time” : if it stopped a few centimeters further, this fall could be fatalsaid the fireman who intervened on the scene.

More fear than harm

The victim was taken to the nearby St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was treated: fortunately, he only had minor injuries, through shards of broken glass from the windows of his car. In the end, she got out of it without any consequences, and she was very lucky.

Currently, the police are conducting an on-site inspection to establish the duties of employees. As a precaution, about 29 people who worked on this building were evacuated.

Source: ABC7