Man critically injured when a bank vault fell on him in Billings
By: Jeanelle Slade
and last updated 2021-07-19 21:32:59-04
A man was critically injured after a bank vault fell on top of him at a Billings Heights construction site on Monday.
Billings Fire Department Battalion Chief Kevin Johnson said that at around 11:30 a.m. emergency crews responded to the 900 block of Main Street where a new Chase bank is being built.
Johnson said people inside the building were moving a 6,000-pound vault into place on a cart and it somehow tipped over and fell on a man.
Construction workers on the scene were able to help lift the vault off of the man before emergency crews arrived.
Man critically injured in Billings Heights construction accident
and last updated 2021-07-19 19:38:16-04
BILLINGS - A man was critically injured after a bank vault fell on top of him at a Billings Heights construction site Monday morning.
Billings Fire Department Battalion Chief Kevin Johnson said around 11:30 a.m. fire, police, and AMR responded to the 900 block of Main Street where a new Chase bank is under construction. Johnson said people inside the building were moving a 6,000-pound vault into place on a cart and it somehow tipped over and fell on a man.
Construction workers on the scene were able to help lift the vault off of the man before emergency crews responded.