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Three die in 100-foot fall while replacing wires on cellular tower in Arkansas

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Posted 1:06PM on Thursday 3rd January 2002 ( 23 years ago )
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> <br> The men, part of a four-person crew, were killed Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff&#39;s investigator Glenn Ramsey said. <br> <br> The foreman was not injured. <br> <br> The crew worked for Allstate Construction Co. of Wagoner, Okla., and was replacing the guy wires at a tower owned by Alltel Corp. <br> <br> The dead were identified as Brian Barnes, 23, and John Seabolt, 26, both of Muskogee, Okla.; and Jamie Anders, 27, of Hattiesburg, Miss. <br> <br> <br>

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