By Associated Press - Monday, December 18, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - A construction worker has been killed by a falling piece of scaffolding in Manhattan.

It happened just after 8:30 a.m. Monday at a construction site at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street.

Police say the 34-year-old worker was struck in the head.



The unidentified man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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