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LOS ANGELES – A worker was injured after a stairwell collapsed at a construction site Thursday.
Firefighters responded to the 200 block of West Olympic Boulevard in downtown LA around 11:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a collapsed structure.
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Officials say a subterranean stairwell collapsed, trapping one worker underneath. Crews were able to quickly free the man, and he was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. No one else was injured.
It’s unknown what caused the stairwell to collapse.