One hurt as crane falls on to shopping centre in Norway during high winds

A view of the scene after a construction crane fell on to the Melhustorget shopping centre in Melhus, Norway (Gorm Kallestad /NTB Scanpix/AP)

A construction crane has crashed on to a shopping centre in central Norway amid strong winds, hurting at least one person and leaving another unaccounted for, police said.

The winds likely caused the unmanned crane, which was at least 165 feet high to slam on to the retail hub in Melhus, which is south of Trondheim, the Scandinavian country’s third-largest city, police spokesman Ebbe Kimo told the VG newspaper.