Two South Florida Construction Workers Crushed by Concrete Wall

Two construction workers in Boynton Beach were killed Tuesday when a concrete wall they were installing fell and crushed them.

One local TV news station said the fatalities happened when a construction crane collapsed at the Riverwalk Plaza, but other reports indicated that the pre-fabricated wall may have slipped from the rigging the crane was hoisting.

“It does look like something may have dislodged and fell from the crane,” Boynton Beach Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Jarvis Prince told WPBF TV.

The men were identified as Jeremias Mendez, 32, and Eduardo Cruz-Moran, 25.

A South Florida newspaper reported that investigators from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration arrived about 2 p.m. Construction at the site, at Woolbright Road and U.S. 1, began in October. The name of the contractors on the job were not available.

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