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1 dead, 12 injured after explosion at central Texas hospital

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A construction worker was killed and 12 others were injured after an explosion yesterday at a hospital in Gatesville, Texas.

Officials said the explosion likely was caused by a construction accident inside an expansion project at Coryell Memorial Hospital. The hospital is about 40 miles west of Waco.

"I do understand that it was possibly a gas line, possibly some activity in that which caused quite a blast," said David Byrom, Coryell Memorial CEO.

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