A construction crane on top of an under-construction Google building in downtown Seattle has collapsed killing four people on Saturday. The crane at the South Lake Union project collapsed on Mercer Street near Interstate 5 shortly before 3.30pm and crushed six cars below, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The Seattle Fire Department confirmed that four people were dead when firefighters reached the scene. It’s unclear what caused the crane to collapse. Three people – including a mother and her baby – were also injured and taken to taken to Harborview Medical Center. Another person inside a damaged car was treated at the scene and not transported to hospital.

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