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SMU Crane Suspect Falls To Death After Standoff
Last Updated: May 29, 2012 12:45 PM DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A robbery suspect, who climbed to the top of a construction crane on the Southern Methodist University campus on Monday and threatened to shoot...
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Two Dead After Crane Collapses At UTD
A crane collapsed at the University of Texas at Dallas campus in Richardson Saturday. UPDATED AT 5:35 p.m:According to the university’s website the crane collapsed while it was being dismantled at the...
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Strong Winds May Have Caused UTD Crane Collapse
RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) - Strong winds may be to be blame for a crane collapse that killed two construction workers at the University of Texas Dallas campus in Richardson. “Powerful, it was blowing...
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Community Remembers Workers Killed In Crane Collapse
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) – The even was hold at Noon on Wednesday, with orange ribbons and quiet reflection. It was the time when the University of Texas at Dallas community paused to remember two men who...
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Contractor Cited In Fatal UT-Dallas Crane Collapse
DALLAS (AP) – Federal officials have cited a Dallas-area contractor with six serious safety violations after a tower crane collapse on the University of Texas at Dallas campus killed two workers. The...
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Equipment Operator In Philadelphia Turns Himself In; Charged
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A heavy equipment operator who authorities say was high on marijuana when a Philadelphia building collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people, has turned himself in to face...
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Dallas Construction Worker Rescued From Crane
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas firefighters were called to the 4600 block of Amesbury Drive to assist with the rescue of a worker trapped in a crane more than 100 feet in the air. The construction worker...
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Crane Accidentally Crashes Into Dallas Museum Of Art
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW) – From the corner of Ross Avenue and Pearl in Downtown Dallas, the view of the construction truck hoisted onto the air, it’s 20 foot long extension...
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Texas High Schools See Spike In STDs
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CRANE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An outbreak of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, has been reported at a small West Texas high school. The Crane Independent School...
View ArticleCrane Removes Robert E. Lee Statue That Stood For 81 Years
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Crews came to finish what they started last week, removing a Confederate statue that has stood for 81 years in Robert E. Lee Park. More DFW News From CBS Dallas / Fort Worth It...
View Article2 Workers Die When Crane Topples On Dock In Texas
GALVESTON (AP) — Authorities say two workers were killed and another hurt when a crane fell on a marine dock in Southeast Texas. collapse Jaree Fortin, a spokeswoman for the city of Galveston, says...
View ArticleRemaining Cars Removed From Partially Collapsed Parking Garage
IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – All out. After more than a week all remaining vehicles trapped in a collapsed parking garage in Irving are free. “I feel thrilled, relieved, happy, medicated. My medications are...
View ArticleFirefighters Rescue Crane Operator From Rig 200 Feet In The Air
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue Team rescued a crane operator from 200 feet in the air. It happened at a construction site on Gaston Avenue. The crane operator was...
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Workers Start Removing Base Where Robert E. Lee Statue Once Stood
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Workers are removing the granite base — or plinth — where the statue of Robert E Lee was previously installed at Oak Lawn Park. In a release issued Tuesday morning, Dallas City...
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For Sale: Dallas Leaders Declare Confederate Statue Surplus Property
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Dallas leaders have declared a Confederate statue surplus property and offered to sell it for a minimum $450,000 — what it cost to move the bronze artwork from public view. The...
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‘Robert E. Lee & The Confederate Soldier’ Sculpture Removed From Dallas Park...
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After a heated bidding war, a Robert E. Lee statue removed per city council vote from a Dallas park in 2017 now has a new owner. A bidder only known as “LawDude” bought it...
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Tenants Briefly Allowed Back In Severely Damaged Apartment Building Struck By...
Residents Of Dallas’ Elan City Lights Apartments Damaged By Crane Will Have To Be Permanently Relocated DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The day after a crane collapsed onto the Elan City Lights Apartment...
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Residents Of Dallas’ Elan City Lights Apartments Damaged By Crane Will Have...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Tenants of Elan City Lights were notified by management Monday night they will “not be able to reoccupy” their apartments because the building is unstable and they will have to be...
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Assessment Underway To Determine How To Remove Crane From Dallas’...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – OSHA brought in inspectors Tuesday to assess the best way to remove the crane that collapsed onto the Elan City Lights Apartments on Sunday, killing one tenant. These inspectors...
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No Date Set On When To Remove Fallen Crane In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Nearly a week has passed since a severe storm caused a crane to topple on a Dallas apartment complex, leaving one dead, but there is no date set on its removal. The operator of...
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Texas Storms Cause Widespread Damage, Topple Another Construction Crane
IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – From north Forth Worth to Farmers Branch, south Dallas to Arlington, weekend storms destroyed homes and businesses and left areas scattered with debris. Monday morning Chopper 11...
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Fiance Of Dallas Crane Collapse Victim Kiersten Smith Recalls Chaos
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — As Kiersten Smith watched an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” her fiance prepared a lazy Sunday lunch of grilled cheese and tomato soup. Just feet away, Eric Ridenhour said they...
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Community, Businesses Step Up To Help Former Residents Of Dallas Apartment...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As Elan City Lights residents wait to get more of their belonging and cars from the parking garage after a crane collapse destroyed their apartment building on Sunday, Junne 8,...
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Man Unable To Get His Truck After Fatal Crane Collapse To Finally Receive...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A Dallas man who was unable to get his truck after a fatal crane collapse in Dallas will finally receive a check from his insurance company a month later. Former Elan City Lights...
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Dallas Apartment Complex Hit By Crane Has Plan In Place For Residents To...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Tenants of the Elan City Lights apartment complex — the apartments that were struck by a crane last month — received an email Friday discussing a plan to recover their...
View ArticleFormer Residents Of Dallas Apartments Hit By Crane Rally For Answers
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Residents held a small rally Saturday morning near the site of last month’s deadly crane collapse in Dallas, all to get answers and updates on collecting their belongings. It’s...
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Agency Fines Company $26K For Fatal Dallas Crane Collapse
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A federal agency has levied a fine of about $26,000 against the company that owns the crane that crashed through an apartment building near downtown Dallas this summer....
View Article5 Killed, Including 3 Children, In Crash In West Texas
CRANE, Texas (AP) — Officials say five people were killed — including three young children — in a vehicle collision in West Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety said 23-year-old Bailey Nisbet...
View ArticleCollision Between 2 Cranes Leaves More Than More 20 Injured In Austin
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Authorities say a collision between two cranes in Austin has injured nearly two dozen people in a growing mixed-media area. Austin-Travis County EMS reported there were at...
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Texas Man Says He Doesn’t Know How He Ended Up At The Top Of A 200-Foot Crane
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) — Curious words from a man in Texas who scaled up a 200 foot crane. After a standoff with police the man said he doesn’t know how he ended up on the heavy equipment. Houston police...
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