Pedestrian Killed by Falling Plywood from Construction Site
A 37-year-old woman was killed recently after she was struck by a piece of plywood that was ripped loose from a nearby construction site in Greenwich Village by high winds. The 4-by-8 piece of plywood hit the woman as she was walking home along east West 12th Street, slamming her into a brick wall and causing severe head injuries, bruising, and lacerations. She was pronounced dead shortly after the incident at Bellevue Hospital.
According to a New York Post report, at the time of the incident, the winds were reaching speeds of up to 45 mph. The plywood was torn from along a security fence surrounding the construction site of a luxury apartment building just across the street and sailed nearly 50 feet before hitting the woman.
Worker Killed in Construction of Barclays Center Green Roof
An iron worker was killed recently when huge steel beams slipped and fell as they were being lifted to the roof of the Barclays Center from the back of a truck. The 52-year-old was a subcontractor working with the crew constructing a vegetative green roof for the Brooklyn arena.
According to another construction worker on the site, the truck driver allegedly unhooked the top heavy load of heavy beams without direction when four of the beams fell on the iron worker. The man was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital where he was pronounced dead.