Two killed as crane collapses on UK school

Two men were killed and a third was injured today in Britain when a crane collapsed at a school construction site.

Two men were killed and a third was injured today in Britain when a crane collapsed at a school construction site.

It was thought one crane collapsed into another before they toppled over with one crashing on to the roof of a new building at Durrington High School in Worthing, East Sussex.

No pupils or staff were at the site - where a new special school is being built - at the time of the collapse.

The men who died were understood to be subcontractors working for Hertfordshire-based construction firm Willmott Dixon.

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