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Fall River man dies in Weymouth building collapse

One person is dead and four others injured after a single-family home under construction in Weymouth collapsed on them while they were working on the building at about noon Tuesday.

 

The roof of the unfinished structure at 19 Vine St., next to the RK Mart at 141 Broad St., rested atop a pile of rubble as emergency responders brought a stretcher with them searching for a man who was trapped inside. They emerged not long after with a man on a stretcher.

 

The man, Mario Diaz Obando, 29, of Fall River, died at South Shore Hospital after he was critically injured during the collapse, Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said Tuesday evening.

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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