Saturday, January 19, 2008

Window washer killed, second hurt when scaffold falls 2-3 stories


GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - One window washer was killed Friday morning and a second injured when their scaffolding fell two to three stories from a building in Glendale.

Glendale Fire Department spokesman Daniel Valenzuela says police have identified the dead man as 51-year-old Victor Leija of Phoenix. His fellow worker remains hospitalized.

Investigators aren't sure what happened to cause the scaffolding to fall from the city-owned Bank of America building at Glenn Street and 59th Avenue in Glendale. The building houses city offices and the bank.

Valenzuela says the window washers were employed by a private company.

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