| ElvisManson |
07-14-2005 07:33 AM |
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wab...LCOLLAPSE.html
"Wall Collapse Hurts at Least Five
(New York-WABC, July 14, 2005) ? A wall at a building under construction collapsed, hurting several people on the Upper West Side Thursday.
It happened at West 100th Street and Broadway just before 9:30 a.m.
The building used to house a Gristides supermarket. The one story wall collapsed onto scaffolding at the site, and it then fell into the street and on the sidewalk.
As many as six people were hurt, and are being treated. Eyewitness News has learned that at least one construction worker may still be trapped in the rubble.
The big collapse and the cleanup are affecting both subway and street traffic in the area. Here is the impact on the subway:
# No. 1 train suspended between TIMES SQUARE - 137TH ST
# No. 2 train running on the 4 and 5 lines between NEVINS ST(BROOKLYN) - 149TH ST(BRONX)
# No. 3 train suspended between CHAMBERS ST - 148TH ST(MANHATTAN).
Of course, Broadway at this time of day is also a very busy place and street traffic anywhere near the scene is a mess.
Emergency crews were working with chain saws and their bare hands to clear the debris."
Wasn't even a Building..It was the Wall of a building that was being torn down.
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