Two wounded and one dead in the collapse of a fire escape in Manhattan: what is known about the victims

Two wounded and one dead in the collapse of a fire escape in Manhattan: what is known about the victims

On Friday afternoon three people were injured during an accident in Lower Manhattan. Has become a fragment of the fire escape, causing the two of them got head injuries and the third died.

Recall that the metal rung and fell from the seventh floor of a nine-storey building when it came a building inspector from a private company CANY Architecture + Engineering DPC. If the man miraculously kept upstairs, the victims would be one more.

#FDNY members are on scene at 434 Broadway in Manhattan for a fallen piece of fire escape. There are currently three injuries to civilians reported pic.twitter.com/Tpw8tTCqP9

— FDNY (@FDNY) February 16, 2018

Sunday became known new details about the victims. According to AM New York, all three were taken to Bellevue hospital in critical condition. 24-year-old woman and 58-a man with wounds, whose names were not disclosed, the doctors were able to save.

The third victim, Richard Machart of garden city, a fragment of a ladder caused serious damage to the skull — a man died in hospital on Saturday morning.

Investigating the incident involved the city building Department which will also conduct a thorough check of the condition of the facade of the building, which fell chip.

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