# A crane fell on a car in Brickell, and everyone lived

> A piling rig toppled onto a Miami street Monday morning, and four people walked away with minor injuries.
- Title: A crane fell on a car in Brickell, and everyone lived
- Summary: A piling rig toppled onto a Miami street Monday morning, and four people walked away with minor injuries. Four people were hurt when a piling rig collapsed…
- Keywords: miami, crane collapse, construction, rescue, brickell, news, local, crane, fell, car, everyone, lived
- Source: ABC7 New York — https://abc7ny.com/story/crane-collapse-leaves-least-4-injured-miami-police-say/19830154
- Published: 2026-09-14T15:59:09+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: miami, crane collapse, construction, rescue, brickell, news, local
## The crane came down
Just after 8 a.m. Monday, a crane at a construction site in Miami's Brickell neighborhood toppled onto a passing car and set it on fire. Four people were hospitalized.
## She reversed out of the fire
A woman driving on the street beside the site watched the crane start to fall, threw the car in reverse and climbed out the back as it burned.

> To be able to see the crane falling, pull the car in reverse and pop out of the back while the car's on fire, really incredible
## Two workers in a box
The crane crushed two empty parked cars and landed on a storage container with two construction workers trapped inside.
## Cutting through steel
Crews fought the car fire while a technical rescue team cut through the conex box at the same time. Both trapped workers were pulled out alive.

> It was a very complex scene with a fire that was occurring
## Four victims, minor injuries
The two trapped workers and the operator, who jumped clear as the rig tipped, went to a trauma center. The driver went to a different hospital. All had minor injuries.

> The fact that we had four victims, and they were all able to be extricated or self-extricate themselves with minor injuries is a remarkable day for them.
## Nobody knows why yet
The machine was a piling rig, built on a crane base but designed to drive support columns deep into the ground. Officials have not said what made it fall, and the collapse is under investigation.
## Key takeaway

Four people were hurt when a piling rig collapsed in Brickell, and the cause is still under investigation.