Man's Proposal Destroys Entire House After Crane Falls Through Roof

A man's elaborate attempt to propose to his girlfriend ended in disaster when a crane destroyed a house.

The gent wanted 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.

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.

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