The pictures are impressive.

A crane installed on a construction site collapsed on a neighboring building this Wednesday afternoon at the level of boulevard Alsace-Lorraine, in Bayonne.

The driver of the machine is dead, reports

Sud Ouest.

On the other hand, there were no other victims among the inhabitants of the building.

🚨 Serious accident following the fall of a crane on a building at 40 Bd Alsace Lorraine: 20 people were moved to safety at the Ibis hotel ⚠️.

One victim is on the record of this accident.

two shocked people taken care of by firefighters.

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– VilleDeBayonne (@VilleDeBayonne) March 9, 2022

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The town hall of Bayonne specifies that 20 people were taken care of to be brought to safety in a hotel near the accident.

Two of them were particularly shocked.

Traffic is interrupted and it is advisable at this stage to avoid the area.

For the moment, we do not know the reasons for this accident.

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