A 26-year-old Bradenton woman was killed over the weekend while driving in Hendry County.
Miami Herald File
A crane on a barge in a canal has collapsed onto an apartment complex in North Miami Beach.
The crane slipped off the barge — which began sinking — and struck the building on 3725 Northeast 169 St. late Sunday night, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
The crane is still in the water, as of Monday morning, and appears to have damaged a section of the building’s roof.
The building remains partially evacuated, according to NBC6.
There were no reported injuries.
#CRANECOLLAPSE in @NorthMiamiBeach. Building partially evacuated but no injuries. The crane slipped off a barge it was on and is now in the water. The crane still looks dangerously close to this building. Watch @nbc6 at 6AM. pic.twitter.com/juG3bxmSyl
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