The city worker who allegedly lied about inspecting a crane days before it collapsed on construction site, killing seven people has been indicted.

Edward Marquette was charged with tampering public records, falsifying business records, official misconduct and other charged. He had also resigned from the Buildings Department in March.

Building officials reported that Marquette

Marquette was supposed to do a scheduled inspection of a Crane in the Turtle Bay section located at Manhattan, New York on March 4th. However he failed to complete his inspection.

The crane collapsed 11 days later and killed seven people on the spot. Prosecutors [...]

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A two-year-old boy was in the hospital Thursday night after being hit in a car accident.

A two-year-old was hit by a car in Queens. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital on Thursday night where he is in critical condition.

The accident happened around 4 p.m. Thursday along 145th street in South Jamaica.

Police has told that the boy ran out into the street and was hit by a car. The driver of the car did not flee from the scene, and hasn’t been charged with a crime.

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