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Two New York Construction Workers Injured When School Roof Collapses

One of the four elementary schools in Pelham, New York, was undergoing a two-story addition this week when the building's roof collapse. Two New York construction workers were injured in the accident.

Pelham Police Chief Joseph Benefico reported that workers were working on the first floor at the time of the accident, which happened around noon on Saturday. Although the condition of the two construction workers is not known, witnesses say that the two employees were carried out on stretchers and taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will conduct an investigation into why the roof collapsed and how the workers were injured. The school would be closed to students for at least the beginning of the week, according to Pelham Union Free School District officials. The renovation will add a library and two classrooms to the Pelham school.