Construction Worker Dies in NY Elevator Shaft Fall

A construction worker plummeted to his death at a Ridgewood, Queens, New York, building site on April 6, the Forest Hills Post is among outlets to report. The 45-year-old man from Newark, New Jersey, fell down an elevator shaft while on the job at a 17-story development. The decedent was moving material, believed to be a plywood board, when he slipped and fell approximately 20 ft from ground level to the basement below, according to NBC4 New York. The victim was transported by EMS to Wyckoff hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead on arrival. The deadly fall follows an incident at the site in February where a fence gate fell and hit a worker, according to NBC.