The construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head. AP Photo/The Jersey Journal ...

Nov. 3, 2014: This photo shows a construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head.

A man delivering sheet rock to a construction site was killed Monday when a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head, authorities said.

A New Jersey man delivering construction materials to a residential development site in Jersey City died in a freak accident Monday when a tape measure fell from the building’s 50th story and… ...

The man was taken to a hospital, where he died. His name hasn't been released. Officials say two 50-story residential towers and an attached hotel are being built at the site of the accident.