Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Construction Wall Collapsed On Top Of Vehicle On S. Chavez Drive In Milwaukee

Photo by HNG

Car damaged and bystanders help lift wooded wall from vehicle

By H. Nelson Goodson
March 22, 2011

Milwaukee - On Tuesday, shortly after 2:50 p.m. a temperary construction wall held by scaffolds and made of wood collapsed on top of a vehicle parked in the 1200 block of S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive. A couple of bystanders, Eduardo Velez and Ronald Scott came over to help lift the wall from the vehicle. The wall caused damaged to the right fender of the vehicle, according to the driver.
The building used to house the Asian Food Market and the owners of El Rey Mexican Products Inc. bought it recently. The building has been under renovation since late last year. Construction workers are currently placing large store front windows in the building. No one was reported injured.
Within the last 10 days, burglars have enter the building between midnight and 3 a.m. and have stolen 5 aluminum ladders, table cutting saws, 5 aluminum scaffolds and cables securing the front wall. The weaken wall might have fallen due to the theft on Sunday when cables were taken by thieves, according to David Rodriguez, an adjacent neighbor. Rodriguez has called police various times when he noticed thieves jumping over the top of the wall in the front of the building to take stuff.

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