Crane tips, crashes into retirement home

June 13, 2023

No injuries reported

A boom truck tipped over in Apple Valley, Minnesota, during work near a retirement home and crashed through the facility’s roof, according to news reports.

No one was injured in the incident, but residents were evacuated. According to the facility’s management, the roof sustained “significant” damage, and residents will be moved to temporary housing.

An image at the scene shows the chassis lifted completely off the ground.

Rod Sutton

Sutton has served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment magazine and ConstructionEquipment.com since 2001.

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