Injured worker rescued from crane at Melbourne building site
A construction worker has been rushed to hospital after being rescued from a crane in Melbourne's inner north-east.
The man is in a stable condition with a lower-body injury, according to paramedics, who were called to the Alphington building site about 7.15am.
He has been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital after "a high-angle rescue", in which emergency service workers carried him down the crane shaft on a stretcher.
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A rescue operation is underway at a construction site in Alphington. Nine
Paramedics and firefighters are on scene. Nine
It is thought the worker may have fallen part-way down the shaft.
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