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On Friday, the Ada County coroner released the names of three Idaho men who died when an airport hangar under construction in Boise collapsed.
Mariano Coc Och, 24, and Mario Sontay Tzi, 32, both of Nampa, were pronounced dead at the scene along with Craig Durrant, 59, of Boise.
BUILDING COLLAPSE IN IDAHO ON BOISE AIRPORT PROPERTY LEAVES 3 DEAD, 9 INJURED: ‘CATASTROPHIC’
Nine other people were injured in Wednesday night’s collapse, including five who were taken to area hospitals with critical injuries, Fire Department operations chief Aaron Hummel said later that night. Authorities have not released the names or current condition of the injured victims.
The hangar is privately owned by Jackson Jet Center, a maintenance and charter company, and was being built at the Boise airport.
The collapse was reported around 5pm and rescuers had to stabilize the massive structure while trying to rescue those trapped inside and beneath it. Steel beams and panels were bent and a large crane was left folded in the rubble.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene just over two hours later. All of the men died from blunt force trauma injuries, according to a news release from the coroner’s office.
It’s still unclear what caused the prefabricated steel building to collapse, and investigators with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are working to determine exactly what happened. The investigation is expected to last several months.
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