Fall from Audubon Water Tower Kills Worker
A second man was saved by rescue workers after he spent three hours suspended 40 feet above the floor of the empty tower.
A man was killed in Audubon on Wednesday morning when he fell to the bottom of a water tower where he was performing maintenance work. A second worker also fell in the accident but became suspended about 40 feet above the floor of the empty water tower, which is owned by Audubon Water Company. He sustained unspecified injuries and was trapped for almost three hours while rescuers descended along ropes to attach a harness to him and lower him to the floor. Authorities said the injured man was conscious throughout the ordeal, but rescuers had difficulty communicating with him because of sound conditions on the inside of the water tower. He was loaded into a waiting ambulance and transported to Paoli Hospital. Police did not immediately …
