By Yepoka Yeebo
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The scream-laden 911 call made by a crane collapse victim is too horrible for a jury to hear, according to the crane rigger facing trial for the 2008 accident.
William Rappetti is trying to prevent a jury hearing the 911 call made by John Gallego as he was trapped by rubble after a crane fell into his East 51st Street townhouse, the New York Post reported.
"The only thing it adds is the prejudicial aspect of someone screaming in pain," argued Rappetti's lawyer Arthur Aidala, at a pretrial hearing on Tuesday, according to the paper.
"It's really only there to incite sympathy and maybe even horror in the jurors.”
Gallego was trapped for four hours and suffered serious leg injuries. Six construction workers and another resident died in the incident.
Supreme Court Justice Roger Hayes deferred a decision.
