A man fell from scaffolding on a Columbia building and died Friday, Feb. 5, a Police Department spokesperson confirmed Sunday.
Jozef Wilk, 51, was on exterior scaffolding on the building’s third floor when he fell into an interior elevator shaft.
The spokesperson, from the Police Department’s Office of Deputy Commissioner, Public Information said that the fall occurred at 2:06 p.m., and that Wilk was treated for cardiac arrest on the scene by members of the Police Department and Fire Department EMS.
He was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival at 2:33 p.m, according to DCPI.
Wilk lived in Jackson Heights, Queens.
The building, 603 West 129th St., is located just west of Broadway, where 125th and 129th streets meet in Manhattanville. University spokesperson Victoria Benitez confirmed Saturday that it is a Columbia building.
Columbia spokesperson Robert Hornsby said Sunday that the University had no further information or comment on the incident.
sarah.darville@columbiaspectator.com
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