Construction Laborer Falls to His Death
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A construction laborer died yesterday after falling from a roof in Brooklyn, and another was critically injured in a separate fall in Queens, police officials said.
In the first incident at around noon, police said a laborer, Balihar Singh, 43, fell three stories. He was taken to Long Island College Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Four hours later, a 31-year-old laborer fell from a roof onto a beach boardwalk in the Rockaway section of Queens. Police said the worker, who they did not identify, suffered severe head trauma and was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital.
