Steel beams fall from 51-story Charlotte high-rise
CHARLOTTE (AP) - A crane dropped several steel beams from near the top of a 51-story building under construction in downtown Charlotte, damaging several cars but missing a school bus and driver on the street below.
The accident happened Monday afternoon at the site of the new Wachovia bank building.
A construction worker told WSOC-TV in Charlotte the crane was lifting the beams to the top of the building when several beams slipped out. The beams broke at least six windows as they fell down the side of the building.
No one was hurt by the falling metal and glass shards.
Charlotte Fire Department Capt. Rob Brisley said no passengers were aboard the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus the beams narrowly missed, but the driver had to be taken to the hospital because she was so shaken.
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