South Carolina boatyard worker dies after falling up to 100 feet into ship’s smokestack

AP

A man in South Carolina was killed after falling from a height of 100 feet to the bottom of a ship’s smokestack while working, officials said.

The unnamed 63-year-old man was working while standing on a small platform inside the smokestack. But the platform gave way and the man fell to the bottom of the structure on Sunday, said North Charleston’s police department.