Worker dies after wall collapse at construction site

A worker at a construction site off John Nolen Drive died Friday after a wall collapsed and trapped him, authorities said.

The collapse happened at the future site of the Watermark Lofts apartment building, 960 John Nolen Drive on Madisons South Side, around 7:30 a.m. Friday.

The man was taken to UW Hospital, where he died, according to the Dane County Medical Examiners Office.

A representative from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was at the site Friday morning, along with Madison police and fire units that left around 9 a.m.

Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth said the man had been working near a stairwell at the rear of the building.

When firefighters and medics arrived, workers at the site had freed their co-worker, Wirth said.

Workers at the site declined to talk about the incident.

The Watermark Lofts, on the John Nolen Drive service road near the Beltline and Turville Bay, is scheduled to open this summer with apartments and retail space.

It is being built at the former site of the Causeway Centre apartment building, which was destroyed by a fire in April 2012.

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Worker dies after wall collapse at construction site