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3 killed in Iowa TV tower accident

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From the Associated Press:OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) - Three workers fell 1,100 feet Wednesday from an Iowa Public Television tower and died, officials said. Bill Hayes, director for engineering at IPTV, said the crew was replacing strobe lights when the accident happened. ``They were up fairly high when something went wrong and all three members of the crew fell,'' Hayes said. ``We don't know what the actual cause was.'' He said a fourth member of the crew was working on the ground, operating a winch, hoisting parts to the crew. ``We can only assume that the safety equipment failed,'' said Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker. The men - ages 57, 27 and 19 - were pronounced dead at the scene. They worked for Deter Tower Service, of Grimes. Their names weren't immediately released. A woman answering the phone at Deters said no one was available to talk about the accident. She declined further comment.
 
If you read the quote in the story from the Sheriff, you will see it's the Pottawattamie County Sheriff. So, this particular Oakland, Iowa must be in Pottawattamie County.
 
ontheair247 said:
There are more news articles and links to news articles on the following site.Seems that there where 2 major tower mishaps on June 1, this one in Iowa and an Army helicopter crashing into the top of a 1000 ft tv tower in Georgia. Links to these stories http://www.comtrainusa.com/news.htmalso http://www.tower-pro.net/
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1st the Army copter clips WFXL and then when they drop the tower using explosives, they take down WALB's tower as well!!! OOOPSSS!!!! (I hope the demolition crew has good insurance! WALB, its time for that new 1500ft+ one you always wanted!)
 
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