Emergency crews have rescued three construction workers from an open platform attached to a crane after it crashed into the third floor of a building in Geelong, Victoria.
The three men were trapped on the broken elevator platform, which was perched at a precarious angle high above Ryrie Street after it malfunctioned shortly before 9am on Tuesday morning.
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One of the men was injured in the crash. Ambulance Victoria said he is receiving treatment for an arm injury.
Emergency services were able to reach the men with a specialist ladder from a fire truck and used a rope thrown onto a building next to the construction site to connect it to the injured man, the ABC reports.
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