In this file photo provided by Jordan McLaughlin, a dust
cloud rises as people run from the scene of a building collapse on the
edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. (AP
Photo/Jordan McLaughlin, File)
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The excavator operator who was charged following the Center City building collapse that killed six people in 2013 pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges Tuesday, according to a report by 6 ABC.
Sean Benschop pleaded guilty to six counts of involuntary manslaughter, as well as charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy, causing a catastrophe and seven counts of reckless endangerment.
On June 5, 2013, Benschop was working in an excavator to tear down wall at 22nd and Market streets. During the job, the wall fell down the wrong way onto a Salvation Army store.
Six people were killed and 12 people were injured.
Benschop faces between 10 and 20 years in prison. He will be sentenced after the trail of his co-defendant, Griffin Campbell, in September, according to the report.