A Romanian worker has died after being trapped for hours when part of a medieval tower collapsed near the Colosseum in central Rome, authorities said on Tuesday.
Part of the Torre dei Conti collapsed on Monday morning during renovation work near the Imperial Forums. It had been abandoned for years before the current works began.
Octav Stroici, 66, was pulled free from the rubble by firefighters on Monday night — about 12 hours later — and immediately rushed to hospital.
Yet Stroici's heart stopped while he was in the ambulance and he was declared dead after arriving at the Umberto
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