Dallas Police; One Dead Five Injured After Crane Collapses Onto Dallas Apartment Building

Posted on June 9, 2019
(Screenshot) WFAA-TV retweets live video from an eyewitness to damage caused by crane collapse in Old East Dallas.

UPDATED  6/10/19  8:41AM

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents of the Elan City Lights Apartment complex near Deep Ellum in Dallas will be allowed inside the complex to get their belongings a day after a crane crashed into the building, killing one person and injuring five others.

Toni Reeves with the property owner Greystar Rea Estate says staff contacted residents one by one yesterday to make sure they were safe.

“Immediately we set out individually to make contact with our residents. I would say we were 75% successful in getting through directly on the phone with those residents.”

Dallas-Fire-Rescue believes everyone has been accounted for.

The crane ripped through the Elan City Lights Apartments on Live Oak with 70 mph winds being reported around the same time. Johnny Farmer pulled up to the complex minutes after the crane came down.

“I saw some of the firemen running in the direction of the crane and some people running out of the building and stuff like that.”

Around a thousand people were directly impacted by the collapse.

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UPDATED:  6/10/19   6:15PM

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) –  One person was killed and several others injured when a construction crane smashed into an Old East Dallas apartment building during severe storms.
Just before 2pm, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a 911 call for an “Industrial Accident” after a crane collapsed onto the Elan City Lights residence, located at 2627 Live Oak Street, on the outer edge of Downtown Dallas.
 When firefighters arrived at the location, they observed a crane, being used at a construction site next to the building, which had collapsed onto the top of the five-story residential structure. Multiple resources, to include Fire Operations, Emergency Medical Services, Urban Search and Rescue and Hazardous Materials assets, were dispatched to the scene to help mitigate the situation following reports of multiple collapses resulting in multiple injuries.
DFW spokesman Jason Evans updated reporters, to include WBAP/KLIF’s Clayton Neville:

 Crane collapsed on to apartment complex on Live Oak in Dallas. Searches still underway. @WBAP247NEWS @WestwoodOne @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/8nmVuOxxKU

There were 6 people taken to local hospitals, to include Baylor Scott and White and Parkland Hospital. Two of those people were critical, two were seriously injured, one suffered a minor injury and was quickly discharged from the hospital and 1 person died.
Though management is still working to account for all of its residents, there have been no reports of any missing.
DFW says that is currently working to help determine the scope of damage caused by the collapse, and consult with management on what they’ll need to do going forward.
There is currently no update on the living situation of residents of the building as a whole.
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DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire & Rescue are on the scene of what’s being called an industrial accident in downtown Dallas.

Police said just before 2 p.m., they received multiple 911 calls about a crane collapsing onto the Elan City Lights building, located at 2627 Live Oak Street. According to police; fire, medical, search & rescue, and hazardous material assets, have been dispatched to the scene to help mitigate the situation. There are preliminary reports of multiple injuries, but no confirmed details at this time.

Two people have reportedly been rescued and hospitalized.

We will continue our coverage of this story as more information becomes available.

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