Another crane has fallen at the Schottenstein Center site, but this time it landed on a car traveling westbound on Lane Avenue, killing the driver instantly. Marvin B. Kuhn, 45, died Monday morning after the crane’s boom crashed down on his 1985 Plymouth Reliant. The boom crushed the car so badly that a blanket covered all but the bumper to conceal the body, which was trapped inside for several hours. This is the second crane accident PJ Dick has been involved with in the center’s construction. On May 21, a crane tipped over and damaged part of the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza on Lane Avenue. The driver of that crane was injured, but the company was not cited. PJ Dick could not be reached for comment.Mark S. Burcher was driving the crane for PJ Dick Construction Company Monday, when it slipped off a 7-foot embankment that had been built up for the project, said Kevin Wheeler, a Columbus Police detective on the case. The soil gave way from the weight of the crane, and because it was top heavy the crane toppled over and landed on the car, he said. Burcher was treated for broken ribs at the Ohio State University Medical Center. OSU representatives would not discuss what OSU did about the first accident or what it will do concerning the contract with PJ Dick. “Civilly the crane operator is at fault, because he was too close to the edge,” Wheeler said. “The construction company will have to answer to what happened. It was bad judgment.”No criminal charges have been filed. It will be a few weeks before police decide if negligence was involved, Wheeler said. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating but did not returnthe Lantern’s phone calls.Tom Heretta, an architect in the Office of University Architecture and Physical Planning, which coordinates construction contracts for OSU, would not comment. OSU spokesman Malcolm Baroway issued a statement saying “PJ Dick, and not the university, controls the job site.” On OSU’s liability or future actions regarding the contract with PJ Dick, Baroway said, “These things go on without my knowledge then someone gets killed, and I’m supposed to know about bonding and all this … you’ll just have to do your own research.”Bonding involves insurance contracts for the project. Baroway said he did not know the name of the bonding company.Julie Vannatta, an attorney with OSU’s Office of Legal Affairs, said, “There’s nothing that would lead me to believe the university has any liability.” Columbus attorney Terry Van Horn agreed with Vannatta. “They would very much have to stretch it,” Van Horn said.The family has contacted an attorney, but no charges have been filed, Vannatta said. Most government contracts have an indemnification agreement, which states that the contractor will pay damages even if the government agency is held liable, Van Horn said.The university architecture office would not say if OSU has this agreement with PJ Dick. Kuhn is survived by his mother and three sisters. The family could not be reached for comment.