Crane Collapse at Florida Construction Site Kills Two

The crane collapsed at the construction site for a new central Florida hospital.

Tragedy struck Merritt Island, Florida on June 4 when a giant crane collapsed at the construction site of the new Cape Canaveral Hospital, killing two workers in what officials are calling a “serious weather-related incident.” The crane crushed a work truck and damaged the site’s roof, prompting a large emergency response and an ongoing investigation. Work at the $410 million construction site has been suspended. Witnesses reported high winds in the area earlier that afternoon, and officials are working to determine what role the weather may have played.

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is a nationally recognized law firm widely known for representing victims of catastrophic crane accidents. Founding partner Robert Mongeluzzi created and chaired the American Association for Justice Crane and Aerial Lift Injury Litigation Group and is considered an authority in the field.

The firm has secured numerous eight-figure settlements and verdicts on behalf of construction accident victims, including a $33 million settlement involving a falling beam at a technology campus and a $17 million settlement for the family of a worker killed when a crane hook fell more than sixty feet.

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