Man killed after crane collapses in central Israel

• Date: 01 March 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Published date: 01 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

A 40-year-old construction worker was killed Monday afternoon when a crane collapsed at a construction site in the Or Yam neighborhood of Or Akiva.

Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics arriving at the scene found the victim lying lifeless beneath the crane, and were forced to declare the man's death at the scene.

Special firefighting teams were called to the scene to aid in the victim's extraction.

MDA paramedics Lior Elmakayis and Li Em Levi said: "When we arrived at the construction site, we saw a crane which had collapsed on its side. The injured man, who was about forty, was trapped under it, unconscious and suffering from damage to multiple bodily symptoms."

"We conducted medical examinations but he had no signs of life and we were left with no choice but to declare his death."

United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yakov Maman, who was one...