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Families identify 3 dead after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site: Wednesday, Jan. 4

Three people are dead after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site just outside of Uptown Charlotte Monday morning, the Charlotte Fire Department reports.

Fire officials said the incident happened in the 700 block of E. Morehead Street, which is near the intersection of Morehead Street and Euclid Avenue on the south side of Interstate 277.

Officials said two other men -- ages 36 and 49 -- were transported to Atrium CMC hospital with minor injuries.

READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/construction-accident-charlotte-nc/275-5b9aed5c-901a-4801-906e-b72dbec61a3b

A sexual assault survivor is pushing for North Carolina to address its backlogs in evidence collection kits so she can hopefully get justice after she says she was raped.

Sexual assault evidence collection kits are used to recover DNA from a victim after an assault in hopes of leading to an arrest. Witlee Ethan said she can’t bring her abuser to justice because her kit is held up in the state’s crime lab.

Witlee went to the Cornelius Town Hall to urge the town council and police to help her. She shared that she was held hostage and raped multiple times in Cornelius in January 2020 but her abuser is walking free partly due to the backlog in test kits.

READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/sexual-assault-survivor-calling-on-north-carolina-to-address-its-backlog-in-evidence-collection-kits-witlee-ethan-cornelius/275-05150597-119d-4a05-abce-d56ab32cff67

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