One person sustained serious injuries and three others also were injured Thursday morning when the roof of a horse barn they were working on collapsed at 2507 Township Road 55, Bellefontaine.
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Emergency responders were called about 9:45 a.m. today to the Jerry Robinson property where a barn under construction at 2507 Township Road 55 collapsed seriously injuring one person who was flown from the scene by MedFlight to a Columbus hospital. Three people were transported to Mary Rutan Hospital. Further information is forthcoming. The workers reportedly were on top of the structure when it collapsed. (EXAMINER PHOTOS | T.J. HUBBARD) |
The seriously injured worker was flown by MedFlight helicopter to the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, while three additional victims were transported by squads to Mary Rutan Hospital.
About 9:55 a.m., Logan County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received the report of a barn roof that had collapsed at the property owned by Jerry Robinson, and that workers were trapped inside the 8,000-square-foot barn that was under construction.
Sheriff’s deputies and Tri-Valley, Bellefontaine, Perry and Robinaugh EMS and fire departments all responded to the scene.
Some of the workers reportedly were on top of the structure when it collapsed.
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Jerry Robinson surveys the damage Thursday morning to an 8,000-square-foot horse barn he’s having built at 2507 Township Road 55. Four workers were injured when the structure’s roof collapsed.
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