Edinburgh: Crane collapses and smashes into building injuring two people

Edinburgh crane collapse
Part of a crane collapsed onto a building in Leith
Peter Hill/PA Wire
Lydia Chantler-Hicks28 November 2023

Two people have been injured after a crane collapsed onto a building in Edinburgh.

The crane's arm reportedly smashed into a building that was under construction in Steads Place, Leith, around 9.30am on Tuesday.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed two ambulances and a special operations team were sent to the scene, where two patients were treated.

Leith is a port district on the shores of the Firth of Forth, to the north of Edinburgh.

Photos and footage on social media appeared to show the arm of the crane had buckled, and was left lying on top of the building, which was covered in scaffolding.

Other photos showed at least five fire engines at the scene, where two roads were temporarily shut.

"Leith Walk and Pilrig Street have now re-opened," Police Scotland Edinburgh said in an update around 2pm.

Edinburgh crane collapse
PA

"The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and enquiries are ongoing."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in