BOISE, Idaho — The identities of three men killed when a privately-owned hangar under construction collapsed near the Boise Airport have been released by the Ada County Coroner. All three men died at the scene from blunt force trauma sustained in the accident, the coroner stated on Friday.
59-year-old Craig Durrant, 24-year-old Mariano Coc Och and 32-year-old Mario Sontay Tzi were killed in the collapse.
Nine other people were injured in the accident on Wednesday evening. Boise Fire said five of the nine are in critical condition.
According to Idaho Secretary of State records, Big D Builders has been operating in business in the valley since 1996 and were the contractors working on this building. The jet hangar was located at West Rickenbacker Street and Luke Street and, according to building permits, it was made of pre-engineered steel.
Inland Crane was hired to assist Big D Builders in the building construction. According to a statement from Jeremy Haener, Vice President of Inland Crane, a crane was working to place an end truss when the hangar collapsed "due to an unknown structural failure."
Haener said the crane boom snapped on impact. Inland Crane originally had four cranes at the location to build the hangar, but the steel erection contractor requested for three of the cranes to be removed with a majority of the work done by Wednesday afternoon.
On Friday morning the accident was fenced of by police. Wright Street is still closed between West Rickenbacker Street and Orchard Street. Additional updates on the cause of the hangar collapse and future plans for the site will come from representatives with OSHA.
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