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Construction workers hospitalized after being trapped inside cherry picker basket

Incident happened in a work zone on Loop 1604 access road near I-10 West

SAN ANTONIO – Some construction workers are hospitalized after being trapped overnight Thursday in a work zone on the Loop 1604 access road near I-10 West.

San Antonio police said the workers were trying to connect some beams to the concrete pillars when a chain broke.

One of the beams fell onto a cherry picker, knocking it to the ground and trapping the workers inside the basket.

Firefighters rescued the men, and they were taken to University Hospital in serious condition.


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