Police ID Construction Worker Killed In Nassau Roof Collapse

WOODBURY, NY — Nassau police have released the name of the construction worker crushed by a collapsed roof on Thursday in Woodbury as Donaldo Duque of Roosevelt.

Two construction workers were working on scaffolding thirty feet in the air while erecting a roof to a new building at the Jericho Water District Facility on Stillwell Lane, and the roofing structure began to collapse, injuring Duque and a 24-year-old man, police said.

The 24-year-old suffered a laceration to his face and was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released, but Duque was crushed against a concrete wall of the building by the collapsing roof, according to police.

Nassau police's Emergency Service Unit, as well as the Syosset Fire Department, and private crane operators, worked for six-and-a-half hours to free Duque, police said, adding that he was later pronounced dead ambulance personnel.

The Homicide Squad is continuing to investigate in conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, police said. It is a standard procedure for Homicide detectives to investigate fatalities at construction sites.

Jerry Barmash contributed additional reporting to this story.