Worker Falls To His Death At Manhattan Construction Site

A worker at a building under construction in Midtown Manhattan was killed on Tuesday after a platform in an elevator shaft collapsed, causing him to fall 30 feet, officials said. The authorities were called shortly after 12:30 p.m. to the site, at 577 Ninth Avenue near 42nd Street, where rescuers found the worker unconscious and unresponsive at the bottom of the shaft, the police said. Officials said the worker had been at the building’s second-floor mezzanine level when the platform gave way.