Boom Crane Collapses on Car, Injures Driver

A New York City college student is lucky to be alive after the arm of a boom truck fell on her car while she was at a stoplight.

Witnesses rushed to pull 22-year-old Danielle Cruz from the vehicle, who somehow escaped with only minor injuries, CBS News reports.

“The firefighters had even told me that if I had driven, like, even like 2 inches forward that I would not be standing here today,” she told the outlet.

Ali Algaheim, who works in a nearby store, said the crane collapse produced an explosion-like noise. “First thing that came to my mind was a D train collision or a bomb,” he said.

CBS reported the findings of a preliminary investigation by the NYC Department of Buildings, which said the truck was lifting a load of rebar from a trailer onto a roof when the arm of the boom failed. It collapsed onto the front half of the car, destroying a traffic light and spilling the metal bars onto the road.

A surveillance camera captured the incident:

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A crane collapsed onto a car on Bedford Park Blvd in the Bronx.
NYPD says a 22 year old female driver has minor injuries.
FDNY evacuated about 29 workers from the site out of precaution.
Construction was being done on a building here@CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/7X24lIHV65

— Alice Gainer (@GainerTV) September 20, 2022

The construction company that was operating the truck has been issued several summonses for safety violations.

Read more at CBS News.