Construction worker killed in elevator shaft accident

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a man died in accident at a construction site in New Jersey.

It happened on Saturday in Newark just after 9 a.m. in the downtown section on Commerce Court.

According to police, dispatch received a call about an injured worker inside an on-site elevator shaft.

The man was pronounced dead just before 10 a.m.

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