A construction crane collapsed on New York City's Upper East Side this morning, demolishing part of a 23-story apartment building, the New York Fire Department said.
"Two people were pulled out of the wreckage in unknown condition," a department spokeswoman said. Local television stations reported that two people were killed and rescue workers were trying to reach others.
The collapse came at about 8:06 a.m. local time, the height of rush hour, at First Avenue and 91st Street, the Fire Department said. The Associated Press said the crane crashed more than a dozen stories into the street.
The accident happened 2½ months after a crane collapsed, killing seven people about two miles south.
In that March 15 accident, contractors building a 46-story condominium near the United Nations were trying to lengthen the crane when a steel support broke. The crane demolished a four-story town house and damaged several other buildings.
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