Two Die in Dallas When Concrete Falls 19 Stories
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Concrete debris fell 19 stories from a Dallas construction site, killing two: a worker who was knocked into an excavation pit and a truck driver whose cab was crushed. The concrete had been accidentally dislodged by a front-end loader atop the Mercantile National Bank building. Kevin Oliva, 21, and Edgar Omar Navarro, 34, died, police said.
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