Crane collapses at Bryn Mawr CTA stop

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Crews volition proceed to enactment Thursday to region a ample crane that collapsed close adjacent to the CTA tracks astatine the Bryn Mawr presumption successful Edgewater Wednesday afternoon, crushing cars and causing evacuations.

Pictures taken by residents amusement a ample yellowish portion of machinery that appears to person taken down powerfulness lines and damaged astatine slightest 1 car successful the 1100-block of West Bryn Mawr soon aft 3:30 p.m. connected Chicago's acold North Side.

The Chicago Fire Department said a 200-ton capableness drill caput operation crane tipped implicit portion it was being used. CTA officials clarified the crane fell disconnected the tracks adjacent Bryn Mawr onto thoroughfare level, into an alley and is present successful a precarious position.

An 18-unit residential gathering straight eastbound of the presumption was evacuated. All residents got retired safely and the backstage contractor is paying for them to enactment successful hotels until it is harmless to instrumentality to their homes. They were allowed to instrumentality with escorts to stitchery immoderate belongings.

"We were highly lucky," said Carolyn Milliman, an evacuated resident.

Milliman and Conor Sullivan said the wreckage crashed down nary much than 20 feet from their home.

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"We conscionable heard a large boom. And past my machine surface went dark," Sullivan said.

ComEd was connected the scene, moving to chopped powerfulness to the inferior rod arsenic workers attempted to stabilize the crane truthful it tin beryllium disassembled and removed, CFD said. ComEd said astatine 1 constituent 101 customers were without powerfulness successful the country of West Bryn Mawr and North Winthrop, but that has since been restored.

New cellphone video shows immoderate of the chaos moments aft that crane collapsed.

You tin spot firefighters and CTA workers assessing immoderate of that damage.

"I'd similar to cognize what happened," said Pat Carlson, an evacuated resident. "You know, it did not look similar the astir unchangeable platform."

There were delays on the Red, Purple and Brown lines owed to the disruption but work has since been restored, including stops astatine the Bryn Mawr station.

No injuries person been reported, according to the occurrence department, and 1 adjacent concern proprietor said helium saw the relation crawl retired of the crane uninjured. What caused the crane to extremity is not presently known and nether probe by CTA.