Juan Medina Martinez, 29, fell from scaffolding at a new hotel under construction ... A wooden board shifted under him causing the worker to fall about 40 feet onto the concrete foundation.
Scaffolding can be seen on Google Maps images ... causing the collapse of a 40-foot section, but he said the New York Police Department will continue to investigate.
The truck driver slammed into scaffolding shed on W. 29th St. near Eighth Ave. about 8:15 a.m., causing a 40-foot section of the sidewalk shed to collapse, FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Barvels said ...
First responders found a 40-foot section of the scaffolding had crashed onto three people who were on the sidewalk. All three were transported to Bellevue Hospital, where one man was in critical ...