Three die in 100-foot fall while replacing wires on cellular tower in Arkansas
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Posted 1:06PM on Thursday, January 3, 2002
FORREST CITY, Ark. - Three men replacing guy wires on a cellular telephone tower plunged 100 feet to their deaths after a rope used to hoist them to the top of the structure broke. <br>
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The men, part of a four-person crew, were killed Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff's investigator Glenn Ramsey said. <br>
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The foreman was not injured. <br>
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The crew worked for Allstate Construction Co. of Wagoner, Okla., and was replacing the guy wires at a tower owned by Alltel Corp. <br>
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The dead were identified as Brian Barnes, 23, and John Seabolt, 26, both of Muskogee, Okla.; and Jamie Anders, 27, of Hattiesburg, Miss. <br>
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