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Cops: Worker dies at University City site

A WORKER AT a University City construction site fell to his death yesterday, police said. Just after 8 a.m., the worker, a 42-year-old man, fell about 80 feet while working on the Cira Centre South, at Chestnut Street near 30th, police said.

A rendering of the FMC Tower, the anchor component of the Cira Centre South complex being built in University City where a 42-year-old worked died after falling about 80 feet.
A rendering of the FMC Tower, the anchor component of the Cira Centre South complex being built in University City where a 42-year-old worked died after falling about 80 feet.Read more

A WORKER AT a University City construction site fell to his death yesterday, police said.

Just after 8 a.m., the worker, a 42-year-old man, fell about 80 feet while working on the Cira Centre South, at Chestnut Street near 30th, police said.

Medics took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later.

- Vinny Vella