LITTLE RIVER, SC (WMBF) – A 19-year-old was killed after officials said a construction crane collapsed in Little River on Tuesday.

Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said Anibal Sanchez Pelayo died after being struck by the crane on a construction site on Cambria Court. Willard added that Pelayo was living in Galivants Ferry and died of “multiple traumatic injuries.”

Horry County Fire Rescue said crews were called to the scene just before 2 pm and that the Horry County Police Department also responded.

A WMBF News viewer also shared images they captured from the scene using a drone.

One neighbor said they only learned about the collapse after another neighbor drove by.

“I was standing out in front of the house, and a car pulled up and said, ‘Oh, have you heard what’s going on?’ said Greg Shores, who lives near the scene of the collapse. “It was shocking that, you know, someone was injured seriously, and that, you know, somebody had gone to work that morning figuring, ‘Well, just another day at work’, and next thing you know, they’re being medivac -ed out of here or whatever. So, you know, its kind of hard.”

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