Lucky escape for workers in huge scaffolding collapse

ABOUT 200 workmen had a “miraculous” escape yesterday after 15 floors of scaffolding collapsed “like a pack of cards” at a Jurys hotel building site.

Desperate workers apparently leaped through windows at the half-constructed Jurys Inn Hotel in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Britain, as tons of metal and wood began crashing down.

Emergency services dragged three people from the wreckage within minutes of the collapse in a busy commercial area at around 12.30pm.