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Co. owner indicted in deadly NYC crane collapse (AP)

NEW YORK – A crane company owner has been indicted on manslaughter and other charges after one of his 200-foot rigs collapsed and killed two workers in New York City in 2008.

Prosecutors announced the indictment against James Lomma on Monday. It also names two of Lomma's companies, New York Crane & Equipment Corp. and J.F. Lomma Inc.

A former mechanic with New York Crane & Equipment also was indicted.

Defense lawyers didn't immediately return calls.

The top of the giant crane snapped and crashed onto a Manhattan apartment building in May 2008.

It happened a little more than two months after another crane collapsed elsewhere in Manhattan and killed seven people.

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