The deadly crane collapse on the Upper East Side in New York prompted criminal investigation.

The New York Times says that investigators within the Manhattan district attorney's office, which investigates construction accidents, want to know if the same crane was damaged during another project last year

If the crane, which overturned and killed two people, was damaged, the investigators will look at who repaired it and allowed it back into service.

The crane collapse left two construction workers dead and another seriously injured.

 

The New York Department of Buildings has issued stop-work orders for all Kodiak cranes citywide -- that's the same model as the one that collapsed.

Meanwhile, street closures remain in effect in the area around the crane collapse.