Construction worker in Tallinn dies after fall

Construction work in Tallinn (picture is illustrative).
Construction work in Tallinn (picture is illustrative). Source: Siim Lõvi/ERR

A construction worker died on Tuesday following a fall from a sixth-storey under-construction building.

The 31-year-old man was using a fork lift-type vehicle at the time, ERR's online news in Estonian reports, at a site in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district.

First responders were called to the address on Ümera street but the man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a police spokesperson.

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