May 30, 2008 Fatal crane collapse in New York City Play video

(NECN: New York City) - A construction crane has collapsed on Manhattan's Upper East Side, slamming against a section of an adjacent apartment building. New York Fire Department is on the scene and has already pulled a number of people from the wreckage. At least one person has died, and searchers are still combing the wreckage. It was not immediately clear if there were additional fatalities.

The top floor of the nearby high rise apartment building was destroyed.One body was brought out of the rubble at East 91st Street and First Avenue, placed on a gurney and covered in a white sheet.

In a March 15 accident, contractors building a 46-story condominium near the United Nations were trying to lengthen the crane when a steel support broke. The crane demolished a four-story town house and damaged several other buildings

Information from the Associated Press is included in this report.