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Construction Worker Remains In ICU After 50-Foot Fall In Stratford
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for the woman, who was seriously injured after falling through a hole in a bridge onto a barge.
STRATFORD, CT — The construction worker who fell 50 feet through a hole in the Devon Bridge in Stratford last week remains in intensive care with serious injuries, friends said in an update.
Sandra Rocabado, 55, landed about 50 feet below onto a construction barge after the fall. Emergency crews responded to the scene just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 31.
Crews used a “rope rescue system” to extricate her from the barge and took her to Bridgeport Hospital, officials said at the time.
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Rocabado remains in intensive care with damaged organs, broken bones and is in need of several surgeries, according to Elvy Eberhardt.
Eberhardt has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help the family as it goes “through difficult times.”
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