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

A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum has died.

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The man was pulled out of the rubble alive over 10 hours after the collapse. He went into cardiac arrest and could not be revived when he reached the hospital, Italian media reported.

"I express deep sorrow and condolences, on behalf of myself and the government, for the tragic loss of Octay Stroici, the worker who was killed in the collapse of

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