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Construction Workers Fall 20 Feet When Building Trusses Collapse

A construction worker was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert after the trusses of a building under construction collapsed.

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A construction worker was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert after the trusses of a building under construction collapsed, sending three workers falling about 20 feet to the ground.
A construction worker was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert after the trusses of a building under construction collapsed, sending three workers falling about 20 feet to the ground. (Pasco County Fire Rescue)

TRINITY, FL — A construction worker was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert after the trusses of a building under construction collapsed, sending three workers falling about 20 feet to the ground.

According to Pasco County Fire Rescue, the construction accident occurred Tuesday off Community Drive in Trinity.

Only one of the three workers who fell was seriously injured.

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