Crane collapse kills 1 in New York

NEW YORK (CNN) - At least one person was killed and firefighters were working to rescue others after a construction crane collapsed in upper Manhattan during Friday morning's rush hour, a top city official said.

"I'm not directly on the scene, but I can confirm that we have lost a life of yet another building collapse in the borough of Manhattan, and it is an absolute tragedy," Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said.

The collapse left a pile of wreckage at the foot of an apartment building at the corner of 91st Street and First Avenue, a heavily residential area on the city's Upper East Side.

The crane damaged a building across the street as it fell, gouging out a chunk of a rooftop penthouse and terraces down the side.