19-year-old worker dies after cinder block wall collapses at Williamsburg demolition site

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) -- A 19-year-old construction worker had died after a wall collapsed at a building under demolition in Brooklyn.
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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 cinder block wall is what fell on the workers.

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




This is the eighth construction death in New York City so far this year, matching the total number of construction deaths for the entire year in 2014.