[font=Verdana]A water tower in [/font][font=Verdana]Springfield[/font][font=Verdana], [/font][font=Verdana]S.C.[/font][font=Verdana] that was being dismantled has toppled over and forced people to run for their lives. [/font]

[font=Verdana]A demolition company was using two cranes to lower the tank when the boom on one broke Friday night. [/font]

[font=Verdana]One crane operator suffered minor injuries when the nearly 80-year-old tank with its distinctive green frog logo fell. [/font]

[font=Verdana]The 150-foot tall tank tower had not been used for several years. It smashed a mobile home used by the fire department as well as a pickup truck and a back hoe owned by the town. [/font]

[font=Verdana]Ernest Ray Williams is the town's water and sewer maintenance operation and was helping dismantle the tower. [/font]

[font=Verdana]He says the second crane operator prevented more serious injuries or damage as he swung the crane away from Town Hall, a building where water equipment is stored and an auto parts store. [/font]

[font=Verdana]The state Department of Health and Environmental Control said the old water tower was too unstable and had to be removed[/font]