Crane Tips Over, Throws Operator

A crane tipped over near the Garden State Parkway on Saturday, injuring a construction worker, police said.

The crane's operator was working on an overpass in Lakewood at around 10 a.m. when the crane apparently collapsed, throwing him into a wooded area, police in Brick, New Jersey, told the Asbury Park Press.

He was flown to a hospital for treatment of a compound fracture to the leg and a head injury, officials said. Further details on his condition were not released.

The cause of the accident is under investigation by state and local police.

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