28.01.2015

Scaffold comes down in UK

Two women were injured when a façade scaffold collapsed into a street in Leicester, UK yesterday, also hitting a passing bus and a parked van.
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A bus was hit along with a van

One of the women was trapped under the scaffold, while the other was struck by a falling plank. Both of them were taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Strong winds have been blamed for the incident, which could so easily have been far worse.
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The scaffold came down across the pavement/sidewalk