Repairman Takes Fatal Fall In Newark's Prudential Building

A man making repairs to a Newark building fell to his death Thursday morning, authorities said.

Prudential Building, Newark.
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01/28/2021 12:39 p.m.

The unidentified man fell from scaffolding on the fifth floor of the Prudential Building on Broad Street around 10:55 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.

He was found unresponsive subsequently pronounced dead, Ambrose said.

No further information was immediately available.

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