A tragic accident occurred Thursday in Florida when a section of a construction crane came crashing down on a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge.
Sadly, a construction worker was killed in the accident, while two people on the ground were treated and released from a local hospital. But the reaction of a Tesla owner is taking off online after the man detailed his experience when the crane struck his car.
“It sheared off the front of my car… and I just walked away,” the astonished man can be heard saying.
The media won’t tell you this, so I will: Huge crane lands on Tesla — driver walks away unscathed.
“There is a portion of the crane near the construction site and the other one that hit the bridge bounced off the Tesla and then bounced up and hit the van.”
Incredibly built… pic.twitter.com/gBdccNj5Qt
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) April 5, 2024
“It’s my understanding from the construction company that they were doing a process at the time called stepping the crane. It was not the crane per se that actually failed. It was a platform that they had equipment staged on that had failed at the time of the incident and those items fell from the building down onto the bridge below,” Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan said, according to CBS Miami.
The stepping up process involves adding a section to increase the crane’s height and it was that section that fell. The crane itself remained secured to the building.
The Tesla owner was later identified as Mark Cerezin.
“I was driving over the 3rd Avenue Bridge and I felt some type of compression, and I looked up and I saw this big, huge piece of blue metal coming down and I slammed on the brakes and then it hit the front of my car,” Cerezin told the CBS affiliate. “It was like slow motion, then that piece of metal bounced in the air and then went to the right and landed on another car. I couldn’t believe that I was still alive.”
“My heart goes out, I mean, to this person who lost their life and to their loved ones, I mean, that could have been me,” he added.
Social media users took note of the durability of the Tesla car, as seen here:
Tesla = 1 Crane = 0 pic.twitter.com/kw1xAoSv3z
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) April 5, 2024
Teslas are built better than any car EVER
Shoutout to Elon Musk
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody) (@MTGrepp) April 5, 2024
@NHTSAgov I’d add another star to their safety rating.
— Adrian Stone (@adrianstone) April 5, 2024
This would be perfect for me as I have a fear that some day, one of my enemies will drop a grand piano on me from a great height…
— Colton The Wise (@ColtonFamilyMan) April 5, 2024
This guy’s lawyer is so pissed right now.
— Joshua (@JoshMongan1) April 5, 2024
@Tesla should be sending him a new car. No questions asked.
— Ramit #MUFC (@ramittshah) April 5, 2024
Now that’s a Tesla commercial right there. Look at the rooftop of his car. Any other vehicle would have crushed in completely. Wow @Tesla la
— Sherry Cord (@SherryBossMama) April 5, 2024
@elonmusk this is the type of safety I need. #TeslaStrong
— Talitha Nicole (@soTALITHA) April 5, 2024
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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