Construction worker falls to death in Estero

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Southwest Florida authorities say a construction worker fell 21 stories to his death through a ventilation shaft at a high-rise work site.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Jose Rojas of Naples was not wearing a safety harness when he fell to his death yesterday. Officials believe he did have a rope around his waist.

Rojas was on the top floor of the south tower of the a high-rise, pouring concrete for the next floor.

One of the three large cranes on the site collided with another crane, causing it to knock the support beam out from Rojas' platform and sending him down the shaft.

Both the general contractor and the subcontractor at the site have been cited and fined for prior safety violations on other jobs.