SHREVEPORT, La. — No one was hurt last weekend when a crane vehicle for a Louisiana tree service tipped, smashing into a Shreveport home and damaging power lines as the work truck toppled onto its back, authorities said.
According to KSLA and KTBS, the incident happened about 9 a.m. Saturday at a home on Bruce Avenue in Broadmoor. After workers cut part of a tree, something “went awry when it came to the weight” of the crane, Shreveport Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Guastella told KSLA.
“In doing so, the boom of the truck went through the house, and so it damaged the house significantly,” Guastella told the news outlet.
Photos from the scene captured the shocking aftermath.
I‘ve never seen anything like this! A tree-cutting vehicle crane has completely flipped over and crashed through the roof of a home in the Broadmoor neighborhood.https://t.co/AQD942Ap5I pic.twitter.com/QwaovRSC1a
— Destinee Patterson (@destineetv) August 20, 2022
A large tree service crane removing a tree from the back yard of a Broadmoor residence tipped over and crashed into the home Saturday morning. pic.twitter.com/cb3LqSF3aj
— SBoursiquot (@SBoursiquotTV) August 21, 2022
The homeowners, who were inside the house when the crash occurred, escaped with no injuries and are receiving help from the Red Cross, according to KSLA. The crane’s driver also was unharmed, Guastella said.
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