2 workers rescued after beam fell on them at UNC construction site
Posted Jul 9, 2019
Two construction workers were pulled from a trench at a construction site on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after a beam fell on top of the workers Tuesday morning, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. at the site on South Columbia Street near Medical Drive and the university's Mitchell Hall.
(WRAL.com)
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