Crime & Safety

Ditmas Park Construction Worker Dies in Scaffolding Fall

Adrien Zamora, 28, suffered a fatal three-story fall from scaffolding on his first day of work.


A Ditmas Park construction worker was killed Thursday when he fell three stories from scaffolding in Manhattan, according to police reports. 

Adrien Zamora, 28, was alone on the scaffolding and not wearing a harness when he fell at almost 5 p.m., according to colleague Emerson Bicalho who spoke to the NY Daily News

Zamora, who lived near Cortelyou Road with his wife and two children and had only begun working for Bras-Al Construction Corp. that day, died at Bellevue Hospital, the Daily News reported. 

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There is no criminality suspected at this time and an investigation is ongoing, according to police reports. 


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