A fourth man, apparently suspecting the scaffolding was about to give way, managed to jump off the platform and survived. He was treated at the scene.
The men were doing construction about halfway up a condominium project known as Twenty One Rio, a high-rise building near the University of Texas.
Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services spokesman Warren Hassinger says the cause of the collapse is under investigation.
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