1 dead, 1 injured after collapse at former school building in Indiana County

One person died and another was in the hospital after a collapse at an old school building in Indiana County on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.Sky 4 flew over the scene on South Walnut Street in Blairsville. Two men were on the roof to assess for demolition of the building when the roof collapsed and they fell three stories to the basement, Police Chief Louis Sacco said in a statement.Sacco said one man, 63-year-old John William Plunkett of Colfax, North Carolina, was trapped inside. He said a police officer and firefighters went in and began removing debris to get the man out of the building.Plunkett was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, where he later died, Sacco said. Blairsville police said Plunkett was the owner of the building.Top Stories Lottery ticket sold at Giant Eagle wins $1,000 a week for lifeTestimony ends in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial; closing arguments set for ThursdayAllegheny County homicide detectives investigating death of 5-year-old girl Officials said the other man, 27-year-old Ryan Nupp, of Latrobe, was able to crawl out of the building and was helped by people at a neighboring home. Nupp was taken by ambulance to a Monroeville hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition."Borough officials were also called to the scene along with a structural engineer. They are assessing the structural integrity of the building at this time," the statement said.