Two workers seriously injured after crane section falls

(ADW) Two workers were seriously injured on Monday when a section of a crane they were erecting fell on them.

The incident is reported to have happened at about 3.15pm in Bissen on rue des Moulins while workers at a building site were busy setting up a large crane using a smaller hydraulic crane.

While attempting to install a section at about 30 metres high, it suddenly fell on two workers below causing serious injury to both of them. Emergency services quickly arrived and the victims were rushed to hospital.

Other details concerning the accident are unknown at this stage, however the  work inspection association, ITM (Inspection du Travail et des Mines) were present at the site to investigate.