Scaffolding Collapse Kills Three In Switzerland

Three people were killed and several others seriously injured after scaffolding collapsed outside a 19-storey building in a suburb of the Swiss city of Lausanne, authorities said.

The three deceased were workers on the building site in their 30s and 40s from France, Switzerland, and Cape Verde, officials from the French-speaking canton of Vaud said in a statement.

Eight others were injured in the accident, including four with serious injuries, they said.

Eyeswitness saw dozens of emergency workers and firemen working on the site at nightfall to prevent further falls and remove a pile of debris around 10 metres (33 feet)high.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation, the canton said.

REUTERS/Christopher Ojilere