Roof Worker Falls To His Death In Farmingdale, Long Island

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Police were investigating Saturday afternoon, Queens man fell to his death from a roof on Long Island.

Lech Chrostowki, 57, was working on a roof at 465 Smith St. in Farmingdale when he fell about 20 feet to the ground, Suffolk County police said.

Chrostowski was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified.

The Nassau County Medical Examiner's office will conduct an autopsy on Chrostowski, police said.

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