A portion of Demonbreun Street has reopened in downtown after a building partially collapsed. One person was injured in the incident.
The collapse happened after 9 a.m. Thursday on 10th Avenue South and Demonbreun, not far from the Music City Center in Nashville.
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Officials on the scene confirmed that Kimberly Nichols, of Kimberly’s Catering, was injured in the collapse.
Nichols was driving her catering truck down Demonbreun when the side of the building apparently collapsed on top of her vehicle.
She was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities said she was listed in stable condition.
Her catering van was partially crushed by falling brick and debris.
Nichols' daughter said her mother "feels blessed that she is alive. Her injuries are still unknown at this time and she is being evaluated."
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At the time of the incident, a crew had been working to demolish old buildings next to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The structure had previously been used as an old Metro Sunday School building.
“When they demolished the building, the wall partially fell,” said District Chief Buddy Byrs with the Nashville Fire Department. “I guess it fell on a truck.”
As a result, Demonbreun Street from 10th to 8th Avenue was closed all day.
Power had to be shut off to about 1600 customers as a precaution. (MORE: NES Outage Map)
The president of Demo Plus, Inc., Stephen Cline, issued a statement, saying the cause of the collapse was under investigation.
"We are thoroughly assessing the situation and working with local authorities to fully understand today's isolated incident. Our immediate concern is for the well-being of the injured party and her recovery," said Cline.
Officials with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health have began an investigation into the collapse.
Demo Plus has been cited three times and fined twice in last April. One for a "respiratory protection" standard violation and the other for "hazard communication" standard violation.
They were fined $125 for each violation. They were also cited for "not providing annual retraining on hazardous chemicals" however; but weren't fined for that one.
Demo Plus responded to the violations by saying. "The two violations were Non-Serious citations for not having full documentation of material safety data sheets on the job-site."
