One dead, three injured after scaffolding collapse in Manhattan
A hardhat died and at least three other people were hurt in a chain-reaction accident Thursday at a Manhattan building undergoing facade repair work, authorities said. Disaster struck at about 4:20 p.m. as a section of parapet fell from a 12-story condo building on E. 36th St. near Lexington Ave. in Murray Hill, said officials. Debris from the parapet collapse slammed into a rig that held two construction workers who were making repairs to the facade near the building’s 11th floor, said Randy Kronish, a building resident. “It sounded like something bad happened,” said Kronish, who was in his 11th-floor apartment when the incident happened. “The carriage [rig] was right by my window... The workers could see right inside,” Kronish said. Debris from the parapet collapse slammed into a rig that held two construction workers who were making repairs to the facade near the building’s 11th floor, said Randy Kronish, a building resident. (Sam Costanza/for New York Daily News) The rig, in t...