Billboard worker is thrown to his death when bus hits boom lift at Victoria's Secret store on 5th Avenue

The worker was on a boom lift in front of the Victoria's Secret store on Fifth Avenue when the bus struck the lift and knocked him out of the bucket, police said
The worker was on a boom lift in front of the Victoria's Secret store on Fifth Avenue when the bus struck the lift and knocked him out of the bucket, police said. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A worker was killed Sunday night when an MTA bus hit the mobile boom lift he was using to replace a billboard at the flagship Victoria’s Secret store on Fifth Avenue, police said.

The 37-year-old worker was inside an elevated bucket around 9:30 p.m. when the M1 bus apparently clipped the lift at 640 Fifth Ave. in Midtown.

The collision knocked the worker out of the bucket, and he fell about 20 feet to the ground below, police said.

The worker was apparently removing this billboard of Gigi Hadid when he was knocked from the lift outside the flagship Victoria's Secret store on Fifth Avenue, seen here during a parade in December
The worker was apparently removing this billboard of Gigi Hadid when he was knocked from the lift outside the flagship Victoria's Secret store on Fifth Avenue, seen here during a parade in December. Photo credit KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images

He was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, where he was pronounced dead.

He hasn’t yet been identified by police.

Photos from the scene show a billboard featuring Gigi Hadid partially removed, as well as damage to the front end of the MTA bus.

The operator of the bus stayed at the scene, police said. No arrests have been reported.

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