Scaffolding Collapse Kills Three Workers

A section of scaffolding collapsed at a high-rise construction project in downtown Raleigh, killing three people and sending another to a hospital, officials said Monday. Jeffrey Hammerstein, the district chief at Wake County EMS, said three people were confirmed dead in the accident at the glass and steel building, where movable scaffolding peeled away from the 11-story glass and steel building into a parking lot below. All four were involved in the construction project, Hammerstein said.
Authorities were working to identify those who died. State Department of Labor spokesman Neal O’Briant said Monday that his agency is investigating the cause.