ALLSTON, Mass. (WHDH) — Two workers were rescued after they fell at a construction site in Allston on Wednesday afternoon.
Marco Cancela and Ricky Errico fell at around 2:15 p.m. from a building under construction on Western Avenue. Harvard University confirmed they own the building, which is slated to be a new science and engineering building.
Officials said the two workers fell about 20 feet from the fifth floor as they were working on scaffolding. They were rescued by Boston firefighters and taken to Beth Israel Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Both are expected to be OK.
“He was in a prone position on his back, with a neck brace. He has three broken ribs and a fractured spine,” said Dawn Sullivan, Cancela’s wife. Sullivan said her husband can talk and she is grateful that this accident was not much worse.
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