2 crane company officials charged in fatal collapse
Quick ReadThe collapse took the life of crane operator Donald Leo and construction worker Ramadan Kurtaj.
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)
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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...
