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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — A crane moving a barge collapsed into the Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina around 11 a.m. Thursday morning.
Boston Police said that half the barge went into the water along with the crane, both of which crashed into a boat and crushed it.
"The crane is secured in four locations so they could lift it up and one of the locations let go and that's how it fell. So, it had four straps holding it in to move it into its location. One of the straps let go. It collapsed into the water, doing damage to the crane that was lifting it at the time," Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke told WBZ-TV.
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The Commissioner said there were no reported injuries, but authorities sent dive teams into the water as a precaution. Crews were working to secure the crane Thursday afternoon.
Crews also worked to contain fuel that had spilled into the harbor.
No one was injured in the collapse.
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