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Scaffold canopy collapses at a Shropshire school injuring four workers

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Four workers were injured today when a large scaffold canopy collapsed at a Shropshire secondary school.

The incident happened today at Abrahm Darby Academy in Telford at 16:28 GMT.

Out of the four people injured one of the men has been taken to Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital by the Midlands Air Ambulance.

West Mercia Police said: “emergency services were on the scene and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had been informed.”

Written By Daniel Norton
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