"Falling debris from the initial collapse of the Torre dei Conti, just after 11.30am (0930 GMT), close to the Roman Forum ruins, hit a 64-year-old worker, the Ansa news agency reported. He was taken to San Giovanni hospital in a critical condition although Francesco Rocca, Lazio's regional president, said his injuries were not life threatening. With hundreds of tourists and passersby looking on, firefighters rescued three other workers from scaffolding on the 29-metre high tower."
"During the operation, at about 1pm, an internal section of the tower collapsed, leaving one worker trapped on an upper floor. Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang and seeing clouds of dust. One told Corriere della Sera: I saw a worker fall. The area of the Forum and Piazza Venezia, which is continuously packed with tourists and traffic, has been cordoned off. The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, and Italy's culture minister, Alessandro Giuli, were at the scene."
The Torre dei Conti in central Rome partly collapsed twice during renovation work, with debris from the initial collapse hitting a 64-year-old worker shortly after 11.30am. He was taken to San Giovanni hospital in critical condition, though regional president Francesco Rocca said his injuries were not life threatening. Firefighters rescued three other workers from scaffolding on the 29-metre tower. An internal section collapsed during the rescue about 1pm, leaving one worker trapped on an upper floor. The Forum and Piazza Venezia area was cordoned off amid dust and eyewitness reports of a loud bang. The tower, built in 1238 by Richard Conti, suffered earlier earthquake damage; restoration is funded by EU post-pandemic recovery funds.
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