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  • Tape measure falls 50 stories, killing man at construction site

    11/04/2014 5:37:32 AM PST · by Bettyprob · 67 replies
    Fox News ^ | November 04, 2014 | FoxNews.com
    A man delivering drywall to a New Jersey construction site was killed Monday when a tape measure fell 50 stories, striking him on the head, authorities said. The 1-pound tape measure became dislodged from the belt of a worker on the 50th floor and struck construction equipment about 10 to 15 feet from the ground, according to Carly Baldwin, a spokeswoman for Jersey City's Department of Public Safety. It then ricocheted and struck Gary Anderson, 58, who had just stopped to speak with another worker who was in a pickup truck just before 9 a.m. in the city's downtown section....