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Apr 4, 2008 9:39 am US/Eastern

Crane Inspector Accused Of Faking Report Resigns

NEW YORK (AP) ― The city employee accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has resigned from the Department of Buildings, the agency said.

City inspector Edward Marquette, 46, was arrested last month on charges of falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing. He had been scheduled to inspect the crane on March 4, but officials determined that he had not. The crane collapsed 11 days later, but officials said it was unlikely an inspection on March 4 would have prevented that.

Marquette was suspended after his arrest and turned in his resignation on March 24, the buildings department said.

The roughly 20-story-tall crane broke away from an apartment tower under construction in a dense midtown Manhattan neighborhood. The crane toppled over, smashing into several buildings.

The gigantic piece of machinery fell over when a six-ton steel collar used to secure the crane to the building came loose, plunging into another collar that acted as an anchor.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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