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Crane Crushes Worker to Death; Another Hurt

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From Times Staff Reports

A construction worker was crushed to death Wednesday when part of a crane fell on him, authorities said. Raymond Paul Corder, 45, of San Gabriel was declared dead just after 3:15 p.m. at a construction site at Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway. A section of the crane came loose while it was being unloaded from a truck, a Fire Department spokeswoman said. A second worker was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with internal injuries, she said.

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