Overview

• On June 3 at about 16:15 UTC, a crane collapsed at a single-family home construction site in Ansbach, damaging a neighboring building.
• The 22-metre-high crane with a 28-metre boom tipped while lifting a 1.1-tonne sandstone pallet, apparently due to incorrect positioning.
• Local police report the crane’s overload warning system did not activate, raising concerns about potential equipment failure.
• Authorities estimate €165,000 in total losses covering the crane, a neighboring house and a construction vehicle, though no injuries were reported.
• Prosecutors have charged the 54-year-old operator with construction endangerment and summoned an expert to pinpoint the collapse’s cause.