The following is via Breaking911.com:

Two people have been confirmed dead after a crane accident in Queens, officials confirmed.

The incident happened at about 12 p.m. at 81-10 134th Street in the Briarwood section of Queens.

FDNY officials report that a large beam came crashing down onto a massive construction crane

FDNY EMS Paramedics reportedly pronounced the men dead on the scene.

The accident happened at the Van Wyck Expressway construction zone, which has been going on for more than six years.

A construction worker told the NY Post that a “wire on a beam snapped” triggering the tragic incident.

Two dead in crane collapse in Kew Gardens, Queens. FDNY keeping us far from scene. @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/VnNFJR7NQv

— Raegan Medgie (@RaeganMedgie) November 22, 2016