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NYC construction worker falls to death

Quick ReadWorker dies after fall from 3rd floor scaffolding at Manhattan construction site

(AP) — Police say a worker has died after falling from scaffolding at an upper Manhattan construction site.

Police say 51-year-old Josef Wilk, of Jackson Heights, Queens, fell from the 3rd floor into a construction elevator shaft on West 129th Street just after 2 p.m. Friday.

Police say Wilk was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police are investigating,...

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