OCEAN CITY – A construction worker was injured at a project at 11th Street on Wednesday afternoon and fell to the ground multiple stories below.
Around 12:17 p.m. on Wednesday, the Ocean City Fire Department responded to a serious industrial construction accident at 11th Street and Edgewater Avenue.
According to Ocean City Fire Department Public Information Officer Ryan Whittington, a construction worker was injured by construction equipment at the project, causing serious injuries to his upper body.
The injured worker then fell from the third-floor balcony to the ground below.
Ocean City paramedics treated the priority-one male patient at the scene, and he was transported to Shock Trauma in Baltimore by Maryland State Police helicopter Trooper 4 with life-threatening injuries.
No update on the victim’s condition was known as of late Wednesday.
