3 killed, 2 hurt after scaffolding collapse in Charlotte
OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCAL
BUSINESSES AND AREA
UNIVERSITIES. 3 CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WERE KILLED AT A
CHARLOTTE CONSTRUCTION SITE
TODAY. 2 OF THEM SUFFERED MINOR
INJURIES.
>> THEN HAVE IT IS HERE NOW IN
THE NEWSROOM WITH WHAT
INVESTIGATORS SAY HAPPENED.
BANJO JUST LOOK AT THESE AERIAL
SHOT HERE. YOU GET A KIND OF A
GLIMPSE INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE
AT THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE ON
EAST MORELAND STREET AND SHOWS
THAT SCAFFOLDING THAT CAME DOWN
THERE HAPPENED THIS MORNING
AROUND 09:00AM, OFFICIALS WITH
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. OSHA.
THEY WERE ON SCENE ALL DAY
INVESTIGATING THIS. WE HEARD
FROM THE CHARLOTTE FIRE CAPTAIN
JACKIE GILMORE EXPLAINING A BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
LISTEN HERE.
>> FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON
SCENE WE HAD SCAFFOLDING THAT
HAD COLLAPSED. WE HAD WORKERS
THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE SKY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD 3.
WHEN ELSE DECEASED ON SCENE
AND ALSO FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE
TO ACCESS 2 ADDITIONAL WORKERS
TO RENDER FIRST AID.
>> CAPTAIN GILMORE SAYING THAT
THOSE 2 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
THAT WERE HURT AND TRANSPORTED
TO AREA HOSPITALS HAVE MINOR
INJURIES. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
GOING TO RECOVER. BUT THIS
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
HE DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED,
BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER THAT
QUESTION AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED.
OFFICIALS FRANKLY, GERALD STILL