Man dies after being crushed from falling safe in Manhattan

Monday, July 1, 2019
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man died after a falling safe crushed him in Manhattan.

Police say they found the man on the third floor landing of a building in Chinatown Sunday afternoon, pinned underneath a safe.
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Police believe the man was trying to move the safe up several flights of stairs, when it fell on him.

The FDNY says another person went to the hospital.
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Police believe it was an accident.

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