Contractor Injured, Airlifted From Brainerd High School Construction Site

A contractor who was working on a construction site at Brainerd High School was airlifted to a hospital on Thursday after he fell 25 feet into a hole where a pool is being built.

The Brainerd Fire Department was paged around 9:30 AM. About 18 firefighters responded to the incident. In the video above, Brainerd High School Superintendent Laine Larson and Brainerd Fire Chief Tim Holmes describe the chain of events that happened.

Neither the school nor the fire department would disclose who the injured person was. The extent of the injury is also unknown at this point.