Entries from DCist tagged with 'collapse'
September 15, 2008
View Larger Map Be aware that traffic heading north on Massachusetts Ave. NW this evening could still be experiencing even more backup than usual due to an earlier scaffolding collapse at the Foxhall Condominiums. Two construction workers were injured -- one with a serious head injury, the other with two broken legs -- when a 30-foot-tall scaffolding behind the building at 4200 Mass. Ave. NW fell down while the workers were atop it. The collapse......
Continue Reading "Workers Injured in Scaffolding Collapse"September 10, 2008
View Larger Map The Associated Press is reporting that a section of the 4300 block of Ellicott Street NW, several blocks away from Fort Reno Park, has suddenly collapsed. Fire officials are investigating. An estimated 20-foot section of the road has caved in about 2 feet. Apparently a DDOT crew had been collecting tree debris in a department truck on the block at the time of the collapse. Two men on the crew were taken......
Continue Reading "Street Collapses in Upper Northwest"
