The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:35 PM
Work Crews Remove Crane That Falls On Two Homes In Chattanooga
Officials said a tree trimming company was cutting up a big tree on a homeowner's yard on Barton Avenue at around 1:30 p.m. While using a crane to remove a log, the crane toppled over and damaged two houses. Officials reported that no one was injured.
Chattanooga police and fire responded to the scene, and the decision was made to close down the avenue so two other cranes could remove the first.. EPB of Chattanooga shut down the damaged homes' power. The avenue reopened at about 7:30 p.m. Friday night.
Neighbors at the scene said they were shocked by what occurred.
“I left my house at like 12:30 pm and I was back half an hour later. I just saw wheels up where there shouldn’t be wheels. So I parked my car and I came up here and that was when the first cop car was getting here,” Alexandra Durham said.
The homeowners are not allowed to return home until their residences are deemed structurally safe.
