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Victim crushed under heavy machinery at downtown building

A person was fatally crushed under a piece of heavy machinery in the West Fayette Street office building that houses the Department of Juvenile Services Friday afternoon, a city fire spokesman said.

"There was some sort of heavy machinery that fell on someone," around 2:30 p.m. said fire spokesman Capt. Roman Clark. He did not immediately have additional details on the accident.

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DJS spokesman Eric D. Solomon said the victim was not a DJS employee.

A call to the building's management company, Artemis Properties, Inc. was not immediately returned.

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