Worker crushed, teen trapped in building site collapse
Emergency crews spent more than an hour carefully removing a teenager from under a collapsed wall. Photo: Nine News
A worker has been fatally crushed and a teenager seriously injured after a retaining wall collapsed during peak hour at an inner-city building site.
The wall gave way as workers were on site just before 8.30am in Brisbane’s West End during construction on Boundary Street.
Two workers, aged 45 and 19, were trapped when the wall toppled, with the younger man pinned by his legs under massive blocks of concrete.
Firefighters inflated special airbags around the injured man to raise the concrete to drag him free of the rubble.
The meticulous rescue operation took more than 90 minutes before the worker could be released and taken to the hospital in a stable condition with serious leg injuries.
The second man died at the scene.
Workplace Health and Safety is investigating the incident, with police preparing a report for the coroner.
-AAP
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