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Construction worker injured after falling from scaffold under U.S. Highway 41/Interstate 75 bridge

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A construction worker was injured Saturday morning when he fell from a scaffold under a bridge overpass, Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier said in a news release.
The 26-year-old man was working under the U.S. Highway 41/Interstate 75 bridge when he fell sometime between 9:30 and 10 a.m., the release stated.

He broke a number of bones and was flown out by Life Force helicopter, Frazier said.

The Dalton Police Department and Dalton Fire Department both responded to the scene, he said.