UPDATE (12:55 p.m.) - Collin County Medical Examiner William Rohr, M.D. tells CBS 19 that 50- year-old Terry Weaver, of Grand Saline, was one of the men killed in the Crane accident.
UPDATE (July 9, 2012) - University of Texas at Dallas:
A construction crane collapse killed two workers Saturday at the site where work on the new Arts and Technology building has been under way.
Classes will be held as scheduled Monday and parking lot access near the accident site will be restored as investigators seek the cause.
The workers were employed by an outside construction firm.
The Office of Student Affairs will coordinate a response from the campus community. "We are responding to an outpouring of concern over the weekend from students," said Dr. Darrelene Rachavong, vice president for student affairs.
The Office of Student Volunteerism and other student organizations will meet Monday to begin coordinating a response.
The UT System's Office of Facilities Planning and Construction released the following statement on Sunday:
A construction crane at the University of Texas at Dallas' Arts and Technology Building collapsed Saturday afternoon, killing two construction workers. The crane was being dismantled when it fell across the building. The two workers were employees of Harrison Crane and Hoist, an outside construction firm. No UT Dallas students or employees were injured. Our sympathy and deepest condolences go out to the families, friends and colleagues of the two workers killed in this tragic accident.
Our primary concern at this point is maintaining the safety of the students, faculty and staff, and of the site construction workers.
The cause of the accident is under investigation. OSHA was notified immediately, and their investigation staff arrived on-scene last night. Engineers have been engaged to assess the damaged crane and to develop a plan to safely remove it from the site. Both OSHA and independent investigators will review this plan and witness the safe removal of the crane and repair to the damaged facility. Work is not expected to resume until after the completion of the OSHA investigation and removal of the damaged crane.
The crane was being dismantled when it fell across the partially constructed building. Students were asked to avoid the southeast part of campus in the accident's aftermath.
RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) - Two people are dead after a crane collapsed at the University of Texas at Dallas campus in Richardson Saturday.
Allen Palomda with the Richardson Fire Department says the crane collapsed onto a building. Firefighters were called to the scene around 3:20 p.m.
Palomda confirms two construction workers died as a result of the collapse.
No university students or faculty were injured.
