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Accident At Pepsi Plant Kills 1

One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a crane collapsed at a Pepsi bottling plant in Tampa.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a crane collapsed at a Pepsi bottling plant in Tampa.

Tampa Fire Rescue officials say the collapse happened just before 1 a.m. Friday when a lift system that was undergoing maintenance collapsed on two workers.

Capt. Bill Wade says one man was dead at the scene and the other had serious leg injuries. The men are contract workers from Pennsylvania.