Crime & Safety
Darien Police Investigate Fatal Construction Accident
The man apparently fell from a scaffold while working at a construction site Monday afternoon, police said.
DARIEN, CT- Police are investigating a construction accident that ended with a man being killed.
Police got a 911 call Monday at 12:51 p.m. regarding a contractor being injured after an apparent fall on Nearwater Lane.
The contractor was working on a single family residence and apparently fell from a scaffold directly above the location where he was found, said Sgt. Jeremiah Marron Jr., police spokesman.
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Police and EMS found the victim unconscious with a visible head injury. He was transported to Stamford Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
No one reported witnessing the fall that led to the injury.
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The identity of the victim is being withheld from the public until his family is notified.
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