A crane which crashed into the roof of a house is seen following an unusual marriage proposal by a man who wished to be lifted in front of the bedroom window of his girlfriend to ask for her hand in marriage, in the central Dutch town of IJsselstein, Saturday Dec. 13, 2014. No people were injured in the accident, the groom-to-be jumped to safety without injuries and his girlfriend accepted to marry him, according to local Dutch media. Credit: AP Photo/AS Media

Marriage proposal flop forces building evacuation

AMSTERDAM – A Dutchman's attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing.

The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane, planning to descend in front of his girlfriend's bedroom window first thing Saturday morning, play her a song and then pop the question.

Instead the crane toppled over, smashing a large hole in the neighbors' roof.

The man clambered to safety and no one was injured.

According to the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper, the girlfriend said "yes" anyway. After speaking with police, the pair traveled to Paris to celebrate.

Then the crane fell again during attempts to right it with a larger crane, bashing in the rest of the neighbors' roof.

The town's mayor is on the spot after the building was declared unsafe.

Six apartments were evacuated.

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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