Police and the New
York City Department of Buildings were investigating after an architect
accidentally fell to his death from the roof of a New York City skyscraper,
according to reports.
Bruno Travalja, 52,
the owner of a New Jersey architectural firm, had gone to the roof of a
48-story building on W. 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan Thursday afternoon.
Sources told New York 1 Travalja may have kneeled down to take a
measurement and when he stood up he got dizzy.
An official told the
Daily News that a glass barrier for a rooftop terrace was going to be installed
there.
The official told
the paper that Travalja was wearing a safety harness on the roof but it was not
secured to anything. He walked near the ledge which was protected by an
18-inch-high parapet or safety barrier.
After kneeling to
check something, he stood up and then plummeted over the parapet, the paper
reported.
“It's more of an
unfortunate tragic accident,” the official told the paper.
The building is
being converted into a condominium and offices, The Gothamist reported.
Travalja had applied
for a permit for use of a construction crane in 2015, records show.
A Buildings
Department spokesman told the Gothamist that there was an "ongoing
investigation into the incident."
The offices of
Travalja’s company were closed Friday and would reopen Monday, according to
reports.
FOX NEWS
Follow Solenzo Blog on
0 Comments