Man critically hurt by falling concrete.
A construction worker helping to demolish the former Technical High School on Elliot Street in Springfield was critically injured Thursday afternoon when he was pinned under a slab of falling concrete.
The worker was carried from the demolition site and rushed to Baystate Medical Center following the 1:45 p.m. accident, officials said. He was identified as Sean McMurray, 51, of Wallingford, Conn.
Construction workers are demolishing the former high school as part of a $110 million project to build the Springfield Data Center.
According to officials close to the operation, McMurray was employed with Stamford Wrecking, of Trumbull, Conn., one of the subcontractors for the demolition.
He was doing demolition work when a slab of concrete inside the remaining portion of the building collapsed.
Officials said it appeared he fell with the slab and was pinned underneath it.
