Feeling tipsy: Excavator topples while razing building

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A vacant restaurant building that has vexed the University of Virginia Foundation for the past five years brought additional headaches Thursday, December 29 when a piece of heavy machinery toppled while razing the structure at 1250 Seminole Trail. On-site interviews suggest that the man operating the excavator emerged unscathed in the mid-day incident, but the site's financial hemorrhage may be significant.