BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston police officer was injured Wednesday afternoon when scaffolding fell from a building in the city’s Financial District.
Emergency crews responded just before 2:30 p.m. to Milk and Washington streets for a report of an injured person. An employee at Ogawa Coffee said he had just walked inside seconds before the officer was hit. He said he and his co-workers ran outside to help him.
Police said the officer suffered minor injuries in the incident. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
It is not clear what caused the scaffolding to fall.
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