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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2685418" data-attributes="member: 30035">I hope the truck driver was able to get free before the vehicle exploded. In the spirit of &quot;I too have seen something scary&quot;, I once saw a large construction crane fall over. Not one of the really huge ones used for high-rise buildings, but a large one. I was on my lunch break and was standing kitty-corner across the street (diagonally, for those who don't know that term&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) from the building under renovation. As I was waiting to cross the street, I heard a thunk and suddenly realized that I was seeing the lifting tackle of the crane lying in the street across the intersection from me - about 50 ft. away, I'd guess. Since this point was also across the street from the site where the crane was situated, I looked up to see what was going on. The crane was in the process of tipping over on top of a nearby forklift. It was darned lucky the crane fell when it did; the intersection, which is a busy downtown location, was empty of cars just then. Otherwise the big hook would have landed on someone's car. And if it had landed a few feet further out it would have hit a sidewalk with pedestrians. No one was hurt, but it sure made my heart race!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2685418, member: 30035"] I hope the truck driver was able to get free before the vehicle exploded. In the spirit of "I too have seen something scary", I once saw a large construction crane fall over. Not one of the really huge ones used for high-rise buildings, but a large one. I was on my lunch break and was standing kitty-corner across the street (diagonally, for those who don't know that term ;) ) from the building under renovation. As I was waiting to cross the street, I heard a thunk and suddenly realized that I was seeing the lifting tackle of the crane lying in the street across the intersection from me - about 50 ft. away, I'd guess. Since this point was also across the street from the site where the crane was situated, I looked up to see what was going on. The crane was in the process of tipping over on top of a nearby forklift. It was darned lucky the crane fell when it did; the intersection, which is a busy downtown location, was empty of cars just then. Otherwise the big hook would have landed on someone's car. And if it had landed a few feet further out it would have hit a sidewalk with pedestrians. No one was hurt, but it sure made my heart race! [/QUOTE]

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