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Man Injured After Fall from Scaffold at Irvington Construction Site

Irvington Township

EMS rushed a man to University Hospital in Newark after the man fell off of a scaffold at a construction site in Irvington this morning.

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Emergency responders rushed to the 800 block of Chancellor Avenue after receiving reports of an injured person.

Crews arrived to find the semi-conscious victim laying on the ground after falling about 40ft from the scaffold according to preliminary reports.

There were no reports of a fatality.

This location is the former Irvington General Hospital site transformed to newly constructed apartments.

It has not been determined what caused the man's fall.

The incident is under investigation.

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