FDNY: 1 Dead In Partial Building Collapse In Midtown

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) A construction workerwas killed in a partial building collapse in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday,officials said.

Two workers at the West 37th Streetsite,where a 22-storyhotel will rise between Eighth and Ninth avenues, were diggingup against the foundation of the office building next door around1:30 p.m.

Then, a slab of approximately 4-by-8 feet collapsed off of the foundation of the adjacent building, trapping one of the workers underneath, cityBuildings Commissioner Rick Chandler said.

The section of concrete weighed about 8,000 pounds, WCBS 880s Alex Silverman, reported.

You could see there was somebody under there, one witness who was lookingdown from a window above told Silverman. All we saw sticking out was hands and arms.

You could see the arm and the hand sticking out from under there, so kind of a brutal sight, John Frandelli told 1010 WINS Sonia Rincon.

1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon reports

No other injuries werereported.

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FDNY: 1 Dead In Partial Building Collapse In Midtown