MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — The Brevard County Sheriff's Office on Thursday identified the two men who died when a crane collapsed in Merritt Island as 34-year-old Isael Martinez of Haines City and 57-year-old Hector Pozos of Kissimmee.

The men were pouring a concrete column Wednesday when the crane collapsed on top of them. Martinez was an employee of Baker Concrete, and Pozos was a day laborer who was also working for Baker Concrete.

Deputies who responded to the scene said the men were dead when they found them. Their bodies were taken to the Brevard County Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy will be conducted.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is on site looking into what happened at the construction site of the new Health First Cape Canaveral Canaveral Hospital.

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