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At a Glance An expert on crane accidents says an onboard computer can reveal a lot about the collapse.

The computer can automatically release a brake to allow the crane to spin in high winds.

Wind gusts up to 70 mph were reported in Dallas on Sunday.

The person killed in the crash has been identified as a 29-year-old woman.

Investigators looking into the cause of the crane collapse Sunday in Dallas that killed one person and injured five will be aided by a computer on the crane, an expert says.

Meanwhile, authorities have identified the woman who died in the collapse as 29-year-old Kiersten Symone Smith, the Associated Press reports. The cause of her death has not been determined. Jason Evans, a spokesman for Dallas Fire-Rescue, could not provide a condition update on the five people injured in the collapse.

Severe storms were pummeling the Dallas area with wind gusts up to 70 mph around the time the crane collapsed. However, James Pritchett, an expert on crane accidents, told weather.com it's too early to speculate on a cause.

"There are still a lot of questions to ask now," said Pritchett of Crane Experts International. He added that modern construction cranes have a computer onboard that will be able to tell investigators a lot about the conditions at the time of the collapse.

(MORE: 1 Person Killed, 5 Hurt When Construction Crane Collapses on Dallas Apartments During Strong Thunderstorm)

Giant construction cranes are designed to withstand winds up to 140 mph, Tom Barth, owner of Barth Crane Inspections, told weather.com.

When high winds are expected, crane operators can release a swing brake so the giant boom can freely spin. It's called "weathervaning." A boom locked in place is more resistant to the high winds, increasing the risk of an accident.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/DallasCraneRon.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/DallasCraneRon.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/DallasCraneRon.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > Officials respond to the scene after a crane collapsed into Elan City Lights apartments in Dallas amid severe thunderstorms on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (Michael Santana via AP)

Barth, an OSHA certified crane inspector with more than 50 years in the industry, said when he was still operating cranes, he would check the weather every Friday to ensure his cranes were prepared for any storms over the weekend.

Pritchett, who has been an inspector for more than 35 years and is often an expert witness in trials, said even if the brake was not released, the computer on the crane should have sensed the winds and automatically allowed it to swing freely.

Inspectors will look at that computer to see what it was recording at the time of the collapse, Pritchett said.

Some of the other questions that will be asked: Were winds at the top of the crane higher than those at ground level? What does the operator manual for the crane say? How high was it supposed to be?

Pritchett said images from the scene show a crane to the left of the one that collapsed remained standing. That will be another source of information for investigators.

Randy Smith, a representative of the crane's owner, Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, told the Dallas Morning News, "We are mobilizing personnel to the site to find out more and, of course, to fully cooperate with investigating authorities,. Our thoughts and prayers are with those directly impacted by this incident, their families and loved ones, and with those who suffered property damage."

Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bigge Crane with 18 safety violations , KAXS reported. Bigge is still contesting some of the violations.

An OSHA investigation found Bigge had failed to ensure a crane was properly installed after a worker at an Arkansas nuclear power plant was killed in 2013 when a crane collapsed. Bigge contested OSHA's findings, and the fines in the case were cut in half in a settlement. That crane was not the same kind that collapsed in Dallas.

Fatal crane accidents are rare, but not unheard of. There were 16 fatal injuries related to cranes in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There was an average of 44 deaths per year over a five-year span from 2011 to 2015, the bureau reported.

In that same five-year span, Texas had 40 fatal occupational injuries due to cranes — almost as many as the next four states combined, according to BLS. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is targeting Texas with increased safety inspections in an effort to reduce serious and fatal injuries, according to KTVT.

Four people died in April when a crane working on a new Google campus collapsed in Seattle . The investigation is continuing, but, as the Seattle Times reports, investigators are sure to focus on the possibility that tower bolts or pins were removed early while the crane was being dismantled in gusty winds.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/MiamiCrane2017.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/MiamiCrane2017.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/MiamiCrane2017.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > A crane tower is seen after part of it collapsed from the winds of Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017, in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Even when cranes are prepared for storms, things can go wrong. In September 2017, more than two dozen construction cranes scattered across South Florida were set to swing freely as Hurricane Irma approached the state.

As Irma lashed Florida with 120 mph winds and heavy rain, two cranes collapsed in Miami, and a third fell in Fort Lauderdale. No one was injured because the sites had cleared out in advance of the storm.

An OSHA investigation found that, as the manufacturer’s manual recommended, all three cranes were allowed to weathervane. However, according to the OSHA report on the incidents, U.S. and European codes do not require that turbulent wind, suction or vortexes be considered in the design of the cranes.

"The failure of all three cranes occurred due to turbulent wind," the report stated.