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Emily Buenzle - Mon November 05, 2018

Amazon Building Collapse Kills Two

A tornado caused a portion of an Amazon warehouse in Baltimore to collapse the night of Nov. 2 , killing two people. Fire crews were called to the company's Fulfillment Center around 10:30 in the evening regarding a possible collapse....

Emily Buenzle - Thu August 30, 2018

Two Construction Workers Die After Fall Onsite

Two Florida construction workers were killed on the job Aug. 30. The workers were on the construction site of an Orlando hotel at around 4:15 in the morning, when the scaffolding they were working on between the sixth and seventh floors collapsed....

Emily Buenzle - Tue August 14, 2018

At Least 35 Dead in Bridge Collapse

A bridge collapse in Italy has killed at least 20 people and injured at least 13. The Morandi Bridge, in Genoa, Italy, collapsed after a violent, sudden rainstorm hit around 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 14. According to the head of the local ambulance service there were dozens of fatalities, Adnkronos, an Italian news agency, reported....

Emily Buenzle - Fri July 13, 2018

Man Run Over by Bulldozer in Police Chase

A man was run over by a bulldozer in a police chase Reading, Pa., July 9. The incident began when maintenance workers from the Pennsylvania State Game Commission discovered a marijuana grow operation consisting of about 10 plants on state game lands in Penn Township the morning of July 9, WFMZ reported....

Emily Buenzle - Fri March 16, 2018

FIU Bridge Collapse Update: Details Emerge

Six people have died from the bridge collapse at Florida International University on March 15. Five people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a sixth died after being taken to the hospital, ABC News reported....

Thu March 15, 2018

Several Injured, Dead After Newly Constructed Bridge Collapses

Several people are dead after a newly installed 950-ft. pedestrian bridge located at 109th Ave. and 8th St. collapsed on the Florida International University campus in Miami March 15. Florida Highway Patrol Lt....

Mark Scolforo - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri February 23, 2018

Trucker Killed by Falling Metal Conduit Inside Tunnel

A section of electrical conduit fell from the roof of a Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel, crashed through a windshield of a truck and struck the driver in the head, killing him, police said. The truck driven by Howard Sexton III, 70, of Mickleton, N.J., continued on for a mile after being struck around 6 p.m....

Fri February 09, 2018

Cave-in at South China Subway Construction Site Kills 8

BEIJING (AP) — A cave-in at a subway line construction site in southern China killed eight people and left three others missing, authorities said Feb. 8. The municipal government in Foshan said the collapse occurred at 8:40 p.m....

Emily Buenzle - Wed January 17, 2018

Bridge Collapse Kills 10 Construction Workers

A bridge collapse near Bogota, Colombia killed at least ten construction workers Jan. 15. The Chirajara bridge was under construction at not in operation at the time of the incident, CNN reported. According to the Colombian Civil Defense, all the workers killed were performing work on the project's drainage....

The Associated Press - Fri October 13, 2017

Concrete Slab Falls, Killing Construction Worker

OSHA is investigating the death of a construction worker who police say was killed when a concrete panel fell on him from an aerial lift in Cleveland. The worker has been identified as 56-year-old Joseph Matulis, of Akron, Ohio....