Deebing Heights, Ipswich: Concrete pumping truck crane collapses on a house near Brisbane
Fear when a huge crane collapses and destroys a house, but the residents luckily escape
- Large crane collapses on Queensland home
A concrete pump truck crane collapsed, destroying a house near Brisbane as residents narrowly escaped.
Emergency services were called to the house on Deebing Heights in Ipswich on Friday morning after the crane overturned and crashed into what appears to be a recently built home.
Queensland Ambulance said at around 11.20am they had cleared the crime scene and no patients needed to be transported to hospital.
The extended crane tore through the roof and walls of the newly built building (photo)
Emergency services were on scene and no patients had to be transported to hospital
The concrete pump truck was parked in a construction site across the road from the house, where it had hoisted its crane before flipping on its side all over the street.
Photos show how the extended crane ripped through the roof and walls of the building.
More to follow.
The truck was parked on a construction site across the road before it overturned (pictured)