1 dead, 1 seriously injured in elevator accident BRONX, New York (WABC) — A 30-year-old construction worker was killed and another critically injured when a freight elevator collapsed and fell several stories in the Bronx Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to a construction site on Bruckner Boulevard around 8:15 a.m. after the elevator dropped to the first floor. The two men, working for SDI Construction, were loading material into the freight elevator on the top floor when it fell. Both workers were found unconscious and unresponsive inside. The 30-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other, 29, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition.