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Roofing worker dies in Vikings stadium incident

11m - NFL Minnesota Vikings

  • ESPN.com news services

MINNEAPOLIS -- A construction worker at the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium died and a second worker was critically injured when they fell Wednesday morning while doing roofing work.

The employees of Berwald Roofing were working on the north side of the project when they fell at about 7:45 a.m., said John Wood, a vice president for Mortenson Construction, the general contractor.