3 Construction Workers Critically Injured

Three men were critically injured today when they fell more than 20 feet at a construction site in the Westlake area, authorities said.

Paramedics were sent to the 600 block of South Witmer Street shortly before 10 a.m., said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The men, who were not immediately identified, were transported for hospital treatment.

The circumstances of the accident were under investigation.

--City News Service