Several people hurt after construction accident in Vancouver

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Posted October 25, 2012 11:42 pm.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Scaffolding collapsed in a home under construction in Vancouver.

Six people were injured, two suffering serious injury, but the extent is not yet known.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. at the house on West 28th, just west of Granville.

It is not known what caused the structure to crumple.

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