NYC crane inspector pleads not guilty to lying (AP)

In this file photo of Friday, May 30, 2008, rescue crews work at the scene of a crane collapse on New York's Upper East Side where a 200-foot crane building a condo project smashed into another apartment building and to the street, killing the operator and another construction worker. Crane safety is getting extra scrutiny following an alarming number of crane-related deaths in recent months in places such as New York, Miami and Las Vegas. In New York City, two crane accidents since March have killed nine people - a greater number than the total deaths from cranes over the past decade. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - A former city building department inspector pleaded not guilty Thursday to lying about examining a huge construction crane that collapsed days later, killing seven people.

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