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Four construction workers from the 21 Rio project were on scaffolding which partially collapsed this afternoon. Two of the men fell about eleven stories to their deaths, with a third dying later in the hospital. The fourth man sustained only minor injuries. So far the cause of the scaffolding collapse is unknown. [Statesman]
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This is terrible news and my thoughts go out to their families and friends.
I live just down the street from the 21 Rio. The construction seems like it'll never end. I've even been hit by falling debris on my way to class when i was walking down 21st street. It felt like a paintball x1000. It left a huge welt and lots of bleeding
Hopefully they'll figure out what caused the scaffolding collapse. It seems like they need to do more so they'll have a safer work site
I hate to knit pick, but...the title is wrong. It should say Scaffolding Accident IN West Campus, not on West Campus.
That's what I get for writing this while trying to watch "So You Think You Can Dance". (Also, it's technically "nitpick", as in picking nits, ewww.)