MEC&F Expert Engineers : 19-year-old worker dies, 3 injured after cement block wall collapses at Williamsburg demolition site in Brooklyn, New York

Thursday, September 3, 2015

19-year-old worker dies, 3 injured after cement block wall collapses at Williamsburg demolition site in Brooklyn, New York





Newscopter7 is over Fort Greene Brooklyn



Updated 39 mins ago
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) -- 


A 19-year-old construction worker had died after a wall collapsed at a building under demolition in Brooklyn.

The wall fell at a work site on Myrtle Avenue between Taaffe Place and Classon Avenue in Williamsburg just after 11:30 a.m.



Three workers injured were taken to area hospitals, where the one died a short time later. The other two are in stable condition.

Police said a cement block wall is what fell on the workers.

Here's a photo of the scene from NewsCopter 7:


Other people were being evaluated, but it's unclear if there are other injuries.

Stay with abc7NY for the latest on this developing story.