Fatal Fall For Window Cleaner From Roof

Window Washer Dies In Fall from Hartford Building (Connecticut): A window washer working at an office building on Oak Street Thursday evening died after falling from the roof of the building, police said. The man was on the roof of 21 Oak St., lowering equipment to a co-worker when he fell, police said. Police were dispatched at 7:07 p.m. and when officers arrived they found the man on the ground behind the building. Officers administered first aid to the man until American Medical Response paramedics arrived, who then pronounced him dead. Hartford police detectives and officials with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration responded. An OSHA spokesman said the agency is investigating. Police would not release the man's name.