LifeFlight lands to transport the injured men at Shelbyville High School on Saturday.
Three workers were seriously injured in a construction accident at Shelbyville Central High School Saturday morning.
Around 10:30 a.m. they were working on a wall at the new field house when it suddenly collapsed, causing them to fall on a concrete pad.
Two workers were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight, while the other was transported to a hospital in Shelbyville.
Police and other emergency personnel who were playing in a benefit flag football game at the Shelbyville football field helped the injured men after the wall came down. Some of those who helped during the emergency were from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department along with Tullahoma Police officers.
According to police all of the construction workers had broken bones. One suffered a broken back, broken pelvis, and three broken ribs. Another had a broken right leg and foot. Two of the workers remain in the hospital.
