Workers escape fatal accident as crane lifting heavy transformer topples

Some workers in Botswana, believed to be employees of an electricity company, managed to escape unscathed after a crane lifting a transformer tipped over.

Prior to the incident, everything appeared to be going smoothly up until the point where the transformer was lifted mid-way in the air.

The weight of the transformer picked the crane off the ground, causing it to topple. Fortunately, the worker manning the equipment managed to abandon the crane with the assistance of a few other workers at the scene.

Below is a video of how the incident unfolded.