1 dead, 1 critically injured after falling several feet from scaffold at construction site on South Side

One worker was dead, and another was left in critical condition after falling about nine feet from a scaffold at a construction site of a building for UChicago Medicine, officials said.

Shortly after 12:15 p.m., a construction worker fell from a scaffold during high winds Thursday, landing about 9 feet to the ground, said Larry Langford, Chicago Fire Department spokesman. A second worker also fell to the ground, and is in critical condition at UChicago Medicine, a few steps away from the site.

Officials said the workers were building a new cancer research center in the 5600 block of South Maryland Avenue.

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