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2 crane company officials charged in fatal collapse

Quick ReadThe collapse took the life of crane operator Donald Leo and construction worker Ramadan Kurtaj.

Debris is scattered on the ground at the

Photo credit: Getty Images | Debris is scattered on the ground at the scene of a crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 91st Street and 1st Avenue. (May 30, 2008)

The owner and a top official of a crane company were charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide Monday for their role in a 2008 crane collapse on East 91st Street in Manhattan that killed two people.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said James Lomma of Staten Island, two of his companies - New York Crane and Equipment Corp. and J.F. Lomma Inc. - and mechanic Tibor Varganyi...

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