A 5th worker is confirmed dead from a construction site collapse in Italy

By GIADA ZAMPANO
Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Italian officials have confirmed the death of a fifth worker after a concrete beam and layers of slabs collapsed at a supermarket construction site in the city of Florence a day earlier. The Tuscany region’s president said Saturday that rescuers were trying to reach the body.  A group of workers were putting together prefabricated concrete structures for a new Esselunga supermarket when the collapse happened, trapping eight men under the rubble. Rescue teams successfully pulled out three of the eight who were taken to local hospitals, where they were reportedly in serious condition with injuries not considered life-threatening. Italy has had a string of deadly workplace accidents in recent years.