August 10, 2007

Is Vegas CityCenter Construction Site Cursed?

News today of a rather gruesome death at the construction site of the CityCenter in Las Vegas. This one gives us the willies, but the worst part is, its the 3rd death on the site.

The Casino City Times has the story:

A construction worker was killed Thursday at a Strip construction site when he was cut in half by a counter-weight system used to operate an elevator, authorities said.

The accident occurred just after 6 p.m. at the Pelli Tower at MGM Mirage's CityCenter project, as the worker leaned into the frame of the counter-weight system to grease it, said Scott Allison, spokesman for the Clark County Fire Department.

While the worker was bending over, he was struck by the counter-weight system as it came down at about 300 feet per minute, Allison said.

Part of the worker's body ended up on the second floor, and the other half landed in the basement, Allison said.

The worker was most likely killed instantly.

"He probably had no idea what hit him," Allison said.

Of course.. it could just be that this construction project is massive, and accidents are bound to happen. But curses are way cooler.

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