Construction worker died working on Rock Hill High School campus
A 30-year-old construction worker died Saturday in an apparent work-related accident at Rock Hill High School, according to the York County Sheriff's Office.
On March 4, Zachary Crotts of Morganton, N.C., died at the scene, according to the York County Coroner’s Office. Autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
According to a York County Sheriff's Office report, a deputy responded to assist Emergency Medical Services on a call to the Rock Hill High campus at 5:50 p.m.
When the deputy got to the scene, he saw an unconscious man not breathing, the report says. He saw that a man was in a vehicle with a boom attached to it that was raised in the air and up against the building, the report said.
The man's head was "lodged in between the railing on the boom and a railing on the building he was working on," the report states.
Lesslie Fire Department responded and lowered the boom, the report says. The man collapsed backwards onto the boom "immediately as if he were already deceased," the report states.
The Coroner's Office then responded to the scene. The incident remains under investigation.
This story was originally published March 5, 2017 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Construction worker died working on Rock Hill High School campus."