Victim Of Albany Construction Accident Identified

The Albany Police Department just identified the body of the 19-year-old who fell from a scaffold Thursday afternoon in Albany.

Our thoughts are with the family of the young man who lost his life while working on a construction site in Albany.

According to the Albany Police Department, 19-year-old Richard Brewer from Mohawk, New York was the young man who fell while working on a construction site located at 760 Broadway in downtown Albany.  State police said that he fell from scaffolding that was believed to be 5 or 6 stories high at approximately 4pm on Thursday.

Mohawk, New York is approximately 80 miles west of Albany.