Amazon has paused drone deliveries in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area after a pair of its MK30 drones crashed into a crane. The crash happened on Wednesday morning at around 10AM local time in Tolleson, Arizona, approximately two miles from an Amazon distribution center where the drones launch and land. There were no injuries reported, but according to a report by ABC15 Arizona news in Phoenix, one man was treated for smoke inhalation from the wreckage.

Gabriel Dahlberg, a diesel mechanic who witnessed one of the crashes from a nearby lot while parking a truck, told KPNX’s 12 News that the drone clipped the cable of the crane that was being used to lift equipment onto a building. According to Sergeant Erik Mendez of the Tolleson Police Department, the preliminary investigation showed t

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