A PREVENTABLE INCIDENT

Three people are killed and two injured in 70ft scaffolding collapse at North Carolina construction site

Three people have died and another two were injured in a 'industrial accident' in Charlotte, North Carolina Monday morning

THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS JUST PREVENTABLE INCIDENTS

Sources at the scene said three construction workers were killed when the scaffolding they were on collapsed

The victims reportedly fell 70 feet to the ground with a wall falling on top of them
Another two were transported to a local hospital in the aftermath

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By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED 2 January 2023 

Three people have died and another two are injured in a horrific 'industrial accident' in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charlotte Fire Department officials said the 'industrial accident' unfolded at around 9am on Monday at a construction site in the 700 block of E. Morehead Street.

Sources at the scene have said that three construction workers were killed when the scaffolding they were on collapsed, and they plummeted 70 feet to the ground with a wall falling on top of them.

Another two victims were transported to a local hospital in the aftermath. Paramedics say they did not suffer serious injuries.

The accident is now being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Charlotte Fire Department officials are pictured at the scene of a construction site where three people died and another two were injured Monday morning


Dozens of first responders, as well as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department vehicles were pictured at the scene

Construction workers who remained at the scene said they were doing 'as good as we can be'

Dozens of first responders, as well as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department vehicles were pictured at the scene, as the Fire Department said it was working to secure the area.

All of the work at the site has been suspended while the incident is being investigated, and construction workers who remained on the scene told WSOC TV they were doing 'as good as we can be.'

A family reunification site has been established nearby.