Cranes Collapse on Residential Buildings in The Netherlands
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Video showed the cranes, restoring the Juliana Bridge over the River Rhine, trying to hoist a section of bridge and toppling over under the weight.
At least four houses and two shops were destroyed, reports say.
"It is a miracle that no people were injured," the mayor said. "The devastation is enormous."
The two cranes, linked together on a pontoon, were lifting a vast steel ramp that forms the central bridge span when they toppled.
Amateur video showed people jumping from the pontoon, with screams heard in the background.
You can see what's happened; they've overloaded the pontoon and the barge can't maintain the counterbalance once they go past the mid-point, causing it to topple. Someone is getting fired.
