Three people are dead and two injured in 'industrial accident' at North Carolina construction site 

Three people have died and another two are injured in a horrific 'industrial accident' in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Charlotte Fire Department officials said the horror unfolded at around 9am on Monday at a construction site in the 700 block of E. Morehead Street.

Sources at the scene have said that three construction workers were killed when the scaffolding they were on collapsed, and they plummeted 70 feet to the ground with a wall falling on top of them. 

Charlotte Fire Department officials are pictured at the scene of a construction site where three people died and another two were injured Monday morning

Sources at the scene said the three construction workers fell 70 feet to the ground

Dozens of first responders, as well as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department vehicles were pictured at the scene

Another two victims were transported to a local hospital in the aftermath. Paramedics say they did not suffer serious injuries.

The accident is now being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Dozens of first responders, as well as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department vehicles were pictured at the scene, as the Fire Department said it was working to secure the area.

All of the work at the site has been suspended while the incident is being investigated, and construction workers who remained on the scene told WSOC TV they were doing 'as good as we can be.'

A family reunification site has been established nearby. 

The construction site where the fatalities occurred is for the building of a luxury senior living community that was scheduled for completion in later on in 2023. 

Construction workers who remained at the scene said they were doing 'as good as we can be'