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| Two dead in Miami crane collapse | |
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| Two people have been killed and at least four others injured in a crane collapse at a high-rise construction site in Miami, Florida. | |
| The crane fell on top of an unoccupied home used as an office at the site of the 50-storey tower on Biscayne Bay. | |
| Correspondents say the construction industry in the US state is unregulated and there is no licensing system. | |
| The collapse comes 10 days after a similar incident in New York in which seven people died. | The collapse comes 10 days after a similar incident in New York in which seven people died. |
| 'Disaster' | |
| Miami police said the injured were in a serious but not critical condition. | |
| Rescue efforts have been hampered as the crane has not yet been stabilised. | |
| Mike Huffstutlear, a dry wall supervisor, told the Miami Herald newspaper: "I watched it go through the roof. It was a disaster." | |
| The Herald said workers were trying to extend the crane when it gave way. | |
| The New York crane crash destroyed a four-storey townhouse and demolished parts of five other buildings. | |
| A woman visiting a friend and six construction workers were killed. | |
| At least 17 were injured in what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called one of the city's worst construction accidents. | |
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