One man dead, one injured after scaffolding collapse on Sydney worksite

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A man has died and another is critically injured after scaffolding collapsed on the pair at a Sydney worksite

A worker has died and another has been critically injured after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Sydney.

One man was rescued from the Macquarie Park worksite and rushed to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition about 1pm.Vision that appears to have been filmed shortly after the incident shows tonnes of steel, concrete and meshing strewn over the construction site. Construction company Ganellen said it was helping emergency services at the accident site at the Lachlan's Line project.

 

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