Updated: 3:39 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2007 | Posted: 3:21 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2007
Construction Accident Injures 1 In Uptown Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
A construction worker was taken to the hospital after an accident in uptown Charlotte.
The man injured his leg around 3 p.m. where the new Wachovia building is being built at Church and First streets.
MEDIC officials said they used a small mobile vehicle they had just a block away at the Food Lion Speed Street Festival to get to the construction site.
The construction worker was transported to Carolinas Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Rescuers credit their presence at Speed Street with their quick response.
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