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Steel Beam Traps and Seriously Injures 3 People, FDNY Says

By  Trevor Kapp and Aidan Gardiner | May 9, 2016 10:52am 

 They were hurt at 141 21st St. in Sunset Park, officials said.
They were hurt at 141 21st St. in Sunset Park, officials said.
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SUNSET PARK — Three people were seriously hurt Monday morning when they were trapped under a steel beam in Sunset Park, officials said.

The injured people, whose identities weren't immediately released, were at 141 21st St., near Third Avenue, about 8:17 a.m. when they became trapped, an FDNY spokesman said.

FDNY crews freed them and took them to Lutheran Medical Center, where they were treated for serious injuries and listed in stable condition, officials said.

It wasn't immediately clear how they became trapped under the beam.