Crime & Safety

3 Construction Workers Hurt In Partial Building Collapse: Report

WTNH reported three workers were hurt when a wall they were installing fell on them at a building site on Olive Street near Chapel Street.

A wall fell on three workers at a construction site on Olive Street near Chapel Street.
A wall fell on three workers at a construction site on Olive Street near Chapel Street. (Patch graphic)

NEW HAVEN, CT —A wall fell on three workers at a construction site on Olive Street near Chapel Street, local media reported.

WTNH reported that "workers were installing a panel wall on the top floor when it fell on three of the workers."

The station reported "two workers at the site had to be pulled out." It also reported that a third worker was injured, though the "injuries are not serious, but two people were sent to the hospital."

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