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A construction worker died after falling from a 50-foot wall into a 60-foot pit at Hudson Yards in New York City on Oct. 23, fire officials said

The worker has reportedly been identified as 52-year-old Jorge Sanchez

The construction site has closed following the fatal incident

A construction worker has died after falling more than 100 feet into a pit at a jobsite in New York City.

Chief Anthony Romano of the New York City Fire Department told reporters on Thursday, Oct. 23, that crews responded to the scene in Manhattan around 8:50 a.m. after receiving “a call for a construction worker who had fallen into a construction pit.”

The incident occurred at the site of the Gateway Project at Hudson Yards, according to CBS affiliate WCBS and NBC affiliate WNBC .

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