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U.S. Capitol Shuttle Hits Ladder, Injuring Worker

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<i> Associated Press</i>

A Capitol electrician was injured Monday after a shuttle train knocked him off the ladder he was working on, police said.

Stephen Wigglesworth, 34, of La Plata, Md., was taken to George Washington University Hospital with a leg injury, officials said.

The accident occurred along the tracks of a subway shuttle that runs between the Capitol and the Rayburn House Office Building. Wigglesworth was working atop a ladder when it was struck by a passing train.

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