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Rachel Hagan

Man crushed to death under tonnes of concrete in devastating school collapse

A man has been crushed to death after scaffolding and a brick wall fell on him while working at a school.

The unnamed stonemason, believed to be in his 40s, was working at Fort Street High School in Sydney’s inner west in Australia when scaffolding collapsed on him just before 11.30am (2.30am BST) on Friday.

The body of the man remains under several tonnes of concrete and scaffolding while authorities work to extract his remains.

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