Hagerstown church addition under construction collapses: 2 workers injured

Two people were injured after a construction site collapsed at a Hagerstown church on Tuesday.

What we know:

The collapse happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Hagerstown Fire Department.

Officials said three quarters of the roof trusses installed at the site collapsed. A witness told FOX 4 that the construction was for a new edition to the church, and that the trusses were installed within the last few days.

Paramedics took two workers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No one else was reportedly injured.

What we don't know:

The fire department said it is still investigating what caused the collapse on Tuesday.

The Source: Information in this story is from the Hagerstown Fire Department.


 

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