Having a really bad day..Visit to sisters house

[martian1]

Called in my sisters yesterday bit of a disaster happened in her street.
A family up the road were struggling getting a jacuzzi put at the back of the house, a crane was hired but proved to small. Next they got a 52 tonner for the task [like the one in T3] anyway the photo [sorry small] should explain the rest..OUCH!!

 

[shahedz]

lets hope either they or the crane company have insurance!!

 

[bowenjones]

Perhaps, in hindsight, they should have filled it with water after it had been put in place!

 

[martian1]

It never got put in place it landed over their garden fence 12ft from a metro line
It is at that angle due to one of the legs sinking into the pavement almost cutting a gas main in half god i hope they have plenty insurance.

 

[Mep]

Perhaps, in hindsight, they should have filled it with water after it had been put in place!

 

[nogg]

I assume the crane company is liable for all the damages?

 

[apul]

There was a big article in most of the local papers yesterday with some bigger pics. Looks like a fair bit of damage was done.

 

[lovemunkey187]

Oops.

 

[itcosthowmuch]

A similar thing happened near to me earlier this year, when a crane toppled over trying to lift a boat. The driver hot footed it back to base and got another one to try and lift the fallen over crane, which drew a large audience including pc plod. When the second crane started to tilt pc plod called a halt to proceedings on health and safety grounds.

Police called the cranes owners for assistance at which point they discovered the driver was doing some work on the quiet! Needless to say the driver was arrested for working without insurance and for taking a vehicle without the owners permission (I guess he's also looking for another job!).

 

[shahedz]

this story is mentioned in todays Metro newspaper in London, ( they are so quick with groundbreaking (no pun intended) news)

 

[Peridot]

From the local paper -

'No one was hurt as the owner and his family were out, but a rabbit hutch was flattened.

Luckily firefighters were able to rescue a guinea pig and rabbit from the debris.'

 

[Steven]

^ I shouldn't have laughed at that. It was a serious incident

 

[martian1]

Well this is all very sad our local press has ran an article stating both houses may well have to be pulled down My heart goes out to the neighbours apparently a elderly couple
Talk about neighbours from hell..What were these folk thinking, i don't think they have lived there long. All that work i think they may have even added the extention.
I do Hope things work out

 

[chedmaster]

it was in the mail the day before yesterday