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Man Killed When External Stairway Collapses At Folsom Apartment Complex

FOLSOM (CBS/AP) -- A stairway collapse at a Northern California apartment building has killed a man.

Authorities say the external stairway collapsed around 2:30 p.m. Friday on South Lexington Drive in Folsom, about 20 miles east of Sacramento.

A 27-year-old man was injured and pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn't been released.

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The accident follows the June 16 collapse of a balcony at an apartment building in Berkeley that killed six people and injured seven.

City officials said water damage had rotted the balcony's wooden support beams.

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