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A crane collapsed at 58 HaNevi’im Street in Bat Yam on Monday afternoon 17 Shevat.

According to preliminary reports a number of people have been injured.

Magen David Adom is reporting that there are four injured persons on the scene of the crane collapse.

One of the injured is a man in his 30s, the crane operator. He is listed in serious condition and was conscious and alert when he was stabilized for transport.

There are an additional three victims  in light condition including a 49-year-old male and a 9-year-ole girl.

At present, EMS and police personnel are combing the area to determine if there are additional injured.

They are all being transported to Wolfson Hospital in Holon.

MDA EMT Chaggai Natani was among the first on the scene, a member of the motorcycle unit who was ‘on-call’ when the call was dispatched.

“When we arrived, we called for a major response being aware of the complicated situation, calling for both advanced and basic life support units. A number of vehicles were hit by the crane, and the crane operator, 30, was trapped. Fire rescue personnel had to extricate him. He was transported quickly to Ichilov Hospital in serious condition. A 38-year-old male was extricated from a vehicle hit by the crane. He was conscious and sustained injuries to his entire body. He was transported along with a 49-year-old man and a 9-year-old girl injured lightly from fragments of the crane. MDA worked with police to check the area towards determining if others were injured”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Photos: MDA Spokesman Unit)