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,... (Associated Press) 
 
 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. 

 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The marriage proposal went dramatically wrong, but the woman in question did at least say yes 
 
 A Dutchman's plan to propose to his girlfriend has ended with a mobile crane smashing the roof of a house and forcing the evacuation of two others. 
 
 The man had wanted to surprise his partner by descending in front of her bedroom in the town of IJsselstein to sing her a song and pop the question. 
 
 But the unsecured crane he used instead toppled into a neighbour's house. 
 
 The woman still said yes, Dutch media report, and the couple are now said to be celebrating in Paris. 
 
 Following the initial impact, more damage was done when the crane fell again during an attempt to right it. 
 
 Residents in nearby properties were evacuated but no one was injured. 
 
 Image copyright EPA Image caption The crane was not secured to the ground, and eventually it toppled over
– Usually if a girl looks out her bedroom window first thing in the morning and sees a guy on a crane peering in, her instinct would be to run and call the cops. In the case of a Dutchman's proposal gone quite wrong, just running would do it: It seems that the unlucky Romeo decided to swoop down upon his beloved's bedroom window in Ijsselstein early yesterday, sing her a song, and pop the question, reports the BBC. His plans went a little awry when the crane he was on toppled, bashed a huge hole in the neighbors' roof, and required the evacuation of six apartments. Complicating matters, notes the AP, was the rescue attempt, in which a larger crane attempted to right the original, only to have it fall again, bashing more holes. Leaky roofs aside, the story has a happy ending: Romeo was uninjured, she said yes, and the happy couple is reportedly off in Paris celebrating.