Construction Worker Killed After Building Collapse In Bound Brook

BOUND BROOK, NJ — A construction worker has died following a partial building collapse in Bound Brook.

According to the Bound Brook Police Department, officers responded Wednesday to 17 W. Main Street where a redevelopment project is underway at the intersection of W. Main Street and Drake Street.

After arriving on scene, officers said they were directed to the third floor of the project where they found a 45-year-old man under a pile of cement cinder blocks.

Police said the blocks dropped when the structure's elevator shaft fell into the site, striking the worker.

The Bound Brook Fire Department was dispatched and was able to remove the victim from the third floor, where he was then transported by the Martinsville Rescue Squad to the hospital.

Police said he was pronounced deceased at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset.

"The victim’s identity is not being released pending notification of family outside of the U.S.," police said in a news release.

Police said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was contacted and the incident remains under investigation.