Woman Falls From 13th Floor While Installing Flooring at West Palm Condo
A woman who was installing flooring at a West Palm Beach building died after falling over 100 feet Saturday.
#Media alert: worker dies in fall from construction site. 1515 S. Flagler Dr. #PIO on location at 2 p.m. @CBS12 @WPTV @WPBF25News @pbpost @SunSentinel @Telemundo51 @Univision23 @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/PcYtVCqhjk
— West Palm Beach Police Department (@WestPalmPD)
May 28, 2022
Local10.com reports that the victim was 23-year-old Dolores Yamileth Martinez-Ponce, who was working on the thirteenth floor of a condominium that was under construction. A tweet by the West Palm Beach Police identified the site of the tragedy as 1515 S. Flagler Dr.
Though the report does not indicate how Martinez-Ponce fell, it does say that she was installing flooring when she fell from the thirteenth floor to the second floor.
Martinez-Ponce died at the scene of the incident.
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