Overview
- A piling rig tipped over onto a metal Conex storage box and several cars on Brickell Bay Drive, and four people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries Monday.
- Firefighters simultaneously fought a vehicle fire and the technical rescue team cut through the crushed storage box to free two trapped construction workers.
- The rig struck a moving white SUV, which caught fire after the impact; the driver escaped through the rear and was treated at a separate hospital.
- Brickell Bay Drive between Southeast 12th and 13th streets remains closed for cleanup and vehicle removal after crews contained a diesel spill and cleared the scene.
- Officials have not determined a cause and say federal OSHA will assess the site as investigators review the collapse in the context of recent crane incidents in the Brickell construction boom.