A woman has been arrested after she was spotted on top of a construction crane early Thursday morning, Toronto police say. Police and fire fighters received the call shortly after 6:30 a.m. near Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Dan Leckie Way. The woman was inside the crane’s cab, and pictures from the scene indicated that she wasn’t wearing a shirt when she was up there.More than two hours later, she was brought down in handcuffs, wearing a grey top.Toronto fire District Chief William Bygrave told reporters the woman is believed to be in her 20s.“She was about 140 to 150 feet up with no safety equipment, no harness, so she was in danger,” he said, which is roughly the equivalent of about 14 storeys.Bygrave said that she was seen doing some damage to the crane, but didn’t specify what.Police spent about an hour coaxing to get her to come down.She was arrested, and taken away in a police car to hospital for evaluation after she was brought down the steps. Police haven’t released her name.The eastbound Gardiner curb lane and the Spadina exit lane were closed for some time, but have since reopened, police say.Crane climbing is more common than people think, Toronto fire’s Stephan Powell said.“I don’t have exact numbers, but we do deal with it often,” Powell said.One high-profile incident took place on April 26, 2017 on a crane on Wellesley St. E., near Yonge St.Marisa Lazo, 23, received an absolute discharge late in court last December after pleading guilty to two counts of mischief. She said she was struggling with mental health and abusing alcohol, which made her decide impulsively to climb the crane that night.With files from Claire FloodyClare Rayment is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star`s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @clare_rayment
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