3 killed 2 hurt in W.Va. Tower collapse
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A 300-foot cell phone tower collapsed Saturday and minutes later a smaller tower fell, killing two contractors and a firefighter, authorities said.
The contractors were tethered to the larger tower when it collapsed in Clarksburg, State Police Cpl. Mark Waggamon said. A firefighter with the Nutter Fort Fire Department was killed when he was walking from his vehicle to the scene.
Two other contractors working on the larger tower were hurt and taken to a hospital. Waggamon described their injuries as serious but not life-threatening.
Waggamon said three of the workers were more than 60 feet up on the tower. One of those workers was killed along with a co-worker who was about 20 feet up when the tower toppled.
I'd be willing to bet they were changing out legs on that tower.A very tricky situation in the best of weather.But in that business you don't get to pick your weather.I've been out of the loop on that for a while now but still it's a small fraternity of guys doing that work.So any time I see stuff like this it still hit's home RIP fellas.I wish I knew more about the situation but I think I have a pretty good grasp of what happened from a 1000 miles away.Hopefully there will be some follow up on this story.
H/T Drudge
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A 300-foot cell phone tower collapsed Saturday and minutes later a smaller tower fell, killing two contractors and a firefighter, authorities said.
The contractors were tethered to the larger tower when it collapsed in Clarksburg, State Police Cpl. Mark Waggamon said. A firefighter with the Nutter Fort Fire Department was killed when he was walking from his vehicle to the scene.
Two other contractors working on the larger tower were hurt and taken to a hospital. Waggamon described their injuries as serious but not life-threatening.
Waggamon said three of the workers were more than 60 feet up on the tower. One of those workers was killed along with a co-worker who was about 20 feet up when the tower toppled.
I'd be willing to bet they were changing out legs on that tower.A very tricky situation in the best of weather.But in that business you don't get to pick your weather.I've been out of the loop on that for a while now but still it's a small fraternity of guys doing that work.So any time I see stuff like this it still hit's home RIP fellas.I wish I knew more about the situation but I think I have a pretty good grasp of what happened from a 1000 miles away.Hopefully there will be some follow up on this story.
H/T Drudge