London crane collapsed just one day after it was put up

By Dave Rogers2020-07-10T05:00:00

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Tragedy killed one woman and injured four others

The owner of the tower crane which collapsed in east London earlier this week killing one woman has said it was only erected the day before the incident.

The crane fell on to two terraced houses in Bow on Wednesday afternoon while work was being carried out on a new apartments scheme at nearby Watts Grove.

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