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Nov. 3, 2014: This photo shows a construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head.

A 58-year-old man making a delivery to a construction site died Monday morning after a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head.

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Falling tape measure tragically kills construction worker at a site, ... The 50-year-old man, whose identity is unknown, was reportedly not wearing a hardhat when the tape measure fell 50 stories.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A man delivering sheet rock to a construction site was killed Monday when a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head, authorities said.

The construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head. AP Photo/The Jersey Journal ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Authorities say a man delivering sheet rock at a construction site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head.

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 3 (UPI) --A man delivering drywall to a construction site in Jersey City was killed when a one-pound tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him. The tape measure had ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A man delivering sheet rock to a construction site was killed in a freak accident in Jersey City on Tuesday morning, according to the Jersey Journal. A worker on the 50th … ...