Crane falls over at Heathfield High School in Adelaide Hills
Staff and students escaped injury after a crane fell onsite at a high school in the Adelaide Hills on Thursday morning.
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Shocking pictures have captured the moment a crane tipped over on to an Adelaide Hills high school.
Emergency services were called to Heathfield High School on Thursday morning after the large vehicle fell.
Working on a part of the school under construction, the crane tipped before the first bell, falling just moments before students arrived out the front on a bus.
Luckily, all staff and students were uninjured.
“The crane has fallen over basically down into the construction pit where they are doing the foundations for the new building at Heathfield,” a man named Steven told ABC.
“The top of the crane has just clipped the staff room. It’s very lucky that no one was injured.
“The driver walked back to the ambulance with a knock on the head, but he’s ok.”
Steven told the radio program his wife had been driving out of the school as the crane fell, and that a school bus full of children arrived at the scene just moments later.
A SAAS spokesperson said a man in his 60s was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital as a precaution after the incident.
A spokesperson from Heathfield High School said the school, the building company and the education department were working together in relation the incident.
“We are aware there is an incident at the school site,” they said.
“Staff and students are safe.
“We will communicate to families as soon as we’re able.”
SafeWork SA inspectors are on their way to the scene and the organisation have been contacted for comment.
Originally published as Crane falls over at Heathfield High School in Adelaide Hills
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