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Police investigating fatal plunge from building in Boston’s Financial District

Boston Police and Fire investigators respond to the scene of an apparent death of a fallen window washer. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Boston Police and Fire investigators respond to the scene of an apparent death of a fallen window washer. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
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Boston Police are at the scene of a fatal plunge from a building in the Financial District where a victim is dead after falling an unknown number of stories.

Police officials said a call reporting the fall at 100 Summer Street  came in at 7:54 a.m. The victim in fall was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Boston Police spokesperson.

Homicide detectives have been requested and are responding to the investigation, according to police.

According to reports, the victim was a window washer at work at the buidling.

Federal investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, have also been notified, according to Boston Police.

The building at 100 Summer Street is a 32-story, 1.1 million square foot tower in the heart of the Financial District.

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