TITUSVILLE, Fla. --
A Titusville city worker suffered a head injury and broken arm Thursday morning when he fell into a 21-foot sewage tank.
The 45-year-old man, who was working at the Blue Heron wastewater treatment facility off Highway 50 west of Interstate 95, was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital in stable condition, Titusville fire officials said.
According to fire officials, the man was climbing down a ladder when he fell about 12 feet to the bottom of the empty tank.
The man was extricated from the tank by Titusville firefighters.
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