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Crew member breaking down TNA's Slammiversary Set.
Folks enough is enough...be safe out there.
Crew member breaking down TNA's Slammiversary Set.
Folks enough is enough...be safe out there.
The two men involved in the scaffolding collapse that left one of them dead and another injurd were standing at opposite ends of the same scaffolding, taking down TNA's lighting over the entrance stage when the scaffolding collapsed, reported The Memphis Commercial Appeal this morning.
The Appeal was quoting Deputy Chief Steve Pirtle of the Southaven Police Department in regards to how the incident occurred shortly after the Slammiversary PPV had gone off the air.
The man who died from his injuries worked for Christie Lites of Orlando, Florida, according to the newspaper article, so he was not a TNA employee but a sub-contractor used by their production staff. The initial WMC-TV report listed him as a TNA employee. The other man, who reportedly lost a thumb in the fall, works for local Crew One Productions.
TNA's staff and wrestlers were traveling this morning from Memphis to Orlando for tonight's scheduled Impact taping. According to one source, most of the TNA staff and performers had already left the venue at the time of the incident.
A message left for TNA's Director of Public Relations by PWInsider.com this morning has not yet been returned.
To read the Memphis Commercial Appeal report, click here.
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