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December 17th, 2005, 09:50 PM
Lucky there weren't any trains on the tracks when the crane fell!
Construction crane topples onto tracks, shuts down Metromover
BY LAURA MORALES
llmorales@herald.com
The downtown Metromover system shut down Saturday morning after a crane being used at an adjacent condo construction site fell onto the tracks.
Miami-Dade Transit officials do not yet know when the tracks will be reopened, said Manny Palmeiro, an agency spokesman.
The agency has set up a free shuttle bus that will follow the Metromover routes at ground level, stopping at each Metromover station.
At about 8:11 a.m. the crane, situated at 50 Biscayne Blvd., toppled over onto the tracks between the First Street and Bayfront Park stations. No train cars were on that stretch of track at the time and no one was injured.
According to Palmeiro, crews are currently using another crane to remove the fallen one from the tracks.
Construction crane topples onto tracks, shuts down Metromover
BY LAURA MORALES
llmorales@herald.com
The downtown Metromover system shut down Saturday morning after a crane being used at an adjacent condo construction site fell onto the tracks.
Miami-Dade Transit officials do not yet know when the tracks will be reopened, said Manny Palmeiro, an agency spokesman.
The agency has set up a free shuttle bus that will follow the Metromover routes at ground level, stopping at each Metromover station.
At about 8:11 a.m. the crane, situated at 50 Biscayne Blvd., toppled over onto the tracks between the First Street and Bayfront Park stations. No train cars were on that stretch of track at the time and no one was injured.
According to Palmeiro, crews are currently using another crane to remove the fallen one from the tracks.