Woman, 76, killed by solar panel that blew off Brooklyn roof during
An elderly New Yorker was tragically killed when Monday''s nor''easter blew a solar panel from a roof and sent it careening into the streets below.
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An elderly New Yorker was tragically killed when Monday''s nor''easter blew a solar panel from a roof and sent it careening into the streets below.
In 2019, falls caused over one-third of all construction fatalities. One tragic incident in Gurnee, Illinois, in February 2024, saw 28-year-old Braulio Lozano fall from a roof while installing solar panels, later
A wind-swept solar panel flew off a Brooklyn carport, striking a woman in the head and leaving her dead, city investigators ruled Monday.
A 76-year-old woman died Sunday, Oct. 12, after being struck by a solar panel that blew off a rooftop carport amid nor''easter winds sweeping through New York.
Exclusive video obtained by CBS News New York shows the moment before a solar panel fatally struck a woman in Brooklyn during a nor''easter on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
On September 14, 2024, a 41-year-old male Hispanic solar panel cleaner (victim) fell from a two-story residential house while cleaning solar panels. He struck his head on a retaining wall and sustained
Police said she lived about three blocks from where she was fatally struck. This is a developing story and may be updated.
A 76-year-old woman in New York City was killed Sunday by a 7-foot solar panel that came loose because of strong winds as a powerful nor''easter battered the East Coast.
A woman in New York City was killed when strong nor''easter winds blew a solar panel off of its housing. The panel flew for 20 feet before striking her in the head.
A fire on the roof of Lunenburg High School, damaging solar panels, forced an evacuation on the first day back from summer break.
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