MIAMI – Police officers identified the man who died when a construction crane collapsed in Miami as Mario Andino, a 32-year-old construction worker.
Andino was working on a renovation at the HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami’s Coconut Grove when the 200-foot crane collapsed at about 12:15 p.m., on Saturday, police said.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was tasked with the ongoing investigation, so the Tadano ATF 180G-5 crane belonging to Sims Crane & Equipment Co. was still at the site on Monday night.
Gabriela Rodríguez said she had been in a committed romantic relationship with Andino for about two years and she and his family were overcome by grief.
Rodríguez said Andino, who was a migrant from Nicaragua, had been living in the United States for about four years and his death was unexpected.
Neither police officers nor fire rescue personnel released the identities of the four people who were injured. Two were at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and two were at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, according to Miami Fire Rescue.
Watch the 12 p.m. report
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