Lafayette Street is in close proximity to Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, home to numerous medical students. While the person who answered the phone at RMS refused to comment at the time, city officials said they plan to issue a stop work order until it is safe. “There will be a significant investigation, as with any construction situation like this,” the mayor said. “They were doing a concrete pour on this building, and as they were pouring concrete, a portion of the second floor collapsed onto the first floor and then into the basement,” Mayor Justin Elicker explained.Īccording to Alston, workers at the scene advised first responders that the concrete was poured too quickly for them to disseminate it, resulting in too much of it collecting in one area, which led to the collapse.Īccording to Elicker, RMS Companies is developing the Yale-owned seven-story residential building with 112 residential units and two underground parking levels. There were 36 people at the work site at the time, and all were accounted for, officials said. “Those who were trapped had to be lifted out," he added. “Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons in varying degrees of injury, from broken bones to three that were partially buried under the rubble,” Fire Chief John Alston Jr said during a news conference.
Soon after 12:30pm, residents called city firefighters and other law enforcement to Lafayette Street.
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