SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Authorities responded after a crane fell from a pier onto a fishing boat, knocking two people into the water Thursday afternoon.
According to the City of San Diego, the incident happened on the 2400 block of Shelter Island Drive when a 20-foot crane fell just after 3 p.m. at the Marlin Club.
Both individuals were pulled out of the water, with one suffering a leg injury and the other suffering a back injury. They were taken to the hospital for treatment of their minor and moderate injuries.
A battalion chief from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department says the old, steel crane rusted out and landed on the boat as the fishermen tried to pull a 400-pound marlin out of the water. Five fire units were on the scene, and the battalion chief says the victims were fine when they arrived.
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