A stretch of 7 Highway near 40 Highway in Blue Springs was closed for more than seven hours on Monday after a crane overturned.
The truck was apparently picking up a sign when it was overcome by the weight of it and flipped over. The crane crashed through power lines before landing on an empty pickup truck and puncturing a gas cylinder.
One eyewitness told 41 Action News a worker narrowly avoided being crushed.
"I just see him running, and he does this baseball slide on the ground," said Shayna Stevens, who was driving on 7 Highway when it happened.
Luckily no one was hurt, but the downed power lines affected 2,600 customers, according to KCP&L. Crews worked through the afternoon to restore power.
MoDOT said in a tweet that it was part of a crew working on a new grocery store in the area.
Breaking: Crane struck truck below & brought down power lines. SB 7 Hwy & 40 Hwy in Blue Springs. Several hazards in the area. #kctraffic pic.twitter.com/bbYR1jTf4N
— MoDOT Kansas City (@MoDOT_KC) July 24, 2017
According to Blue Springs PD, Belger Cartage Service owns the crane that flipped. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration gave the company a satisfactory rating. Belger has just a handful of violations, almost all of which are related to speeding.
