A foundation drill rig toppled over at a condo site in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and struck an adjacent building. No immediate cause of the accident has been reported, but the region had been experiencing high winds at the time with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. [Source: WSVN-TV. Image: @TrentAricTV]
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