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Report: Construction worker dies at Vikings new stadium

Another new NFL stadium has reportedly become the site of a death of a construction worker, after an incident at the Vikings new stadium.

According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, construction workers said one person was killed and another injured. The Minneapolis Fire Department said they rescued one worker from a crevice on the roof of the building.

John Wood, the senior vice president of Mortensen Construction, said the workers fell this morning “while performing roofing work on the north side of the building.”

He also said work on the stadium has stopped.