UPDATES: Construction site shut down for investigation

Victim ID'd as 58-year-old Camden County man

A man delivering sheet rock to a construction site in Downtown Jersey City this morning died after a freak accident there, Jersey City officials confirmed.

The man, who has not been identified, was making a delivery at Marin Boulevard and Christopher Columbus Drive when he was struck by a 1-pound tape measure that had fallen from the 50th floor of the building at about 8:45 a.m., Jersey City public safety spokeswoman Carly Baldwin said this morning.

The man was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center in serious condition and he died a short time later, Baldwin said. He was not wearing a construction helmet, Baldwin said.

The construction site is the future home of two 50-story residential towers with a hotel attached to one of them, called 70-90 Columbus Drive. Panepinto Properties and Ironstate Development are the developers.

More details were not immediately available.