Hagerstown church addition under construction collapses: 2 workers injured

Hagerstown church addition under construction collapses: 2 workers injured

Two people were hospitalized after a construction site collapsed at a Hagerstown church on Tuesday. FOX 5 D.C.'s Regina Yurrita has the latest. 

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Two people were hospitalized 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 workers were installing roof trusses, when they started to hear cracking noises. The workers began to evacuate, but the structure collapsed, trapping two.

After rescue crews got there, they were able to get the trapped workers out in about 15 minutes. Paramedics took them to the hospital with "serious, but not believed to be life-threatening, injuries."

A third person was treated at the scene and did not want to be taken to the hospital.

What we don't know:

The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating what caused the collapse.