SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Authorities are responding after a crane fell from a pier onto a fishing boat, knocking two people into the water Thursday afternoon.
According to the City of San Diego, the incident happened on the 2400 block of Shelter Island Drive when a 20-foot crane fell just after 3 p.m.
Both individuals were pulled out of the water, with one suffering a leg injury and the other suffering a back injury.
A battalion chief from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department says the old, steel crane rusted out and landed on the boat as the fishermen tried to pull a 400-pound marlin out of the water. Five fire units were on the scene, and the battalion chief says the victims were fine when they arrived.