Man airlifted to hospital following demolition accident.
A contract worker suffered a broken leg and was airlifted to an area trauma center Tuesday after he was temporarily trapped by debris from a TXI Riverside Cement building that was being demolished, according to plant and San Bernardino County Fire officials.
The 49-year-old man was working to tear down some of the older buildings on the plant’s property when the incident took place at about 10 a.m., according to Frank Sheets, spokesman for the plant.
The Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Team was called out, but the man was able to get himself out, Tracey Martinez, spokeswoman for the Fire Department said.
Rescuers airlifted the man to Loma Linda University Medical Center.
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