Debris from a second collapse surrounded firefighters trying to rescue a worker from a Rome tower. Photo: AP PHOTO

A worker has been taken to hospital with serious injuries and another is trapped under rubble following the partial collapse of a medieval tower under renovation in central Rome, near the Colosseum.

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"We are trying to get him out alive but the situation is complex because of the risk of further collapses," fire department spokesman Luca Cari told Reuters about ongoing rescue efforts.

Regional president Francesco Rocca, speaking to Italian news agencies, said the worker

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