A man operating a construction lift drove over a sidewalkgrate causing the machine to slowly topple over, sending the man 125 feet tothe ground. A spokesman for the Philadelphia Fire Department said the liftoperator and a women were taken to the hospital. The hospital has not releasedinformation on their conditions.

The worker was completing maintenance work on a church roofwhen the lift rolled over a grate that slowly gave way. The lift began toslowly fall over, grazing a residential building and then knocking down atraffic light and light pole.

Robert Lee, a nearby construction worker, saw the accident. “Ittook forever for him to fall over,” said Lee. “He didn’t scream. He was justtrying to work the controls.”

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