Military veteran, 34, is 'SPLIT IN HALF' by a seven-ton counterweight becoming the third New York construction worker to be killed in a week Gregory Echevarria, 34, was crushed by part of a 7-ton crane that came loose on a Manhattan construction site Saturday He died at the scene, and two other workers were taken to hospital with minor injuries Echevarria was a veteran who served four tours of duty with the U.S. military, his brother said Two other construction workers have died on New York building sites in the past week
By Andrew Court For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:53 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 13 April 2019
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A construction worker who served four tours of duty with the U.S. military was killed on a work site in Manhattan early Saturday morning.
Gregory Echevarria, 34, was 'split in half' after part of a 7-ton crane came loose and crashed down on him in SoHo shortly after 3 AM.
Echevarria died at the scene, making him the third New York construction worker to be killed on the job in less than a week.
Gregory Echevarria, 34, was killed early Saturday morning whilst working in SoHo, Manhattan
