Two workers are critically injured after they were struck by a large pipe Friday morning in Washington, D.C., authorities said.
D.C. Fire & EMS were called shortly after 8:15 a.m. to a construction site in the 1600 block of Massachusetts NW, southeast of Dupont Circle.
We're making it easier for you to find stories that matter with our new newsletter — The 4Front. Sign up here and get news that is important for you to your inbox.
Images shared by D.C. Fire & EMS on social media show a large excavated construction site next to what appeared to be a church. Rescuers are shown clustered around a worker on a stretcher.
Both workers were being carried out of excavation by D.C. firefighters and will be taken to a trauma facility.
Local
Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia local news, events and information
Stay with NBC Washington for more on this developing story.
