Crane flips on quiet Sydney street
A man has been injured after the crane he was operating toppled over on a quiet Sydney street.
Emergency services were called to Seeland Place in Padstow Heights about 4pm when the crane came down, narrowly missing a home and two cars in the driveway.
The crane had been working on a housing development.
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A man has been injured after the crane he was operating toppled over on a quiet Sydney street. Nine
The crane operator was trapped in his cabin, about two metres in the air, for some time.
His workmates used a ladder to get him down.
He was driven to hospital by his colleagues but is said to have sustained only minor injuries.
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