US chalks up its fourth demolition fatality in 24 hours.
A worker has died following demolition work in a downtown Syracuse building.
Steven Pallotta, 25 was working on the ninth floor of the Snow Building, when police say a large chunk of the ceiling collapsed on top of him. It happened just before 1 p.m. yesterday.
Police say Pallotta was standing on a ladder taking down a piece of a concrete when the giant 15 x 15 foot section of ceiling collapsed.
Pallotta was pronounced dead at Upstate University Hospital. He was working for JS Development, which is doing demolition work on a ninth floor office.
This latest incident comes just 24 hours after three people were killed in two separate US demolition accidents.
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