Worker dies in Brazil stadium fall

A construction worker has died after falling from the roof of the Arena da Amazonia stadium which will host England’s first game in the World Cup in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus.

The Andrade Gutierrez construction company says Marcleudo Ferreira fell some 115 feet.

The Local Organising Committee of the World Cup says work on the stadium was halted for a period of mourning and will resume on Sunday.

Last month, two construction workers were killed when a crane collapsed as it was hoisting a 500-ton piece of roofing at the Sao Paulo stadium that is hosting the opening match of the World Cup.

The G1 news portal said another worker fell to his death in the same Manaus stadium in May and a worker died in 2012 after falling from a stadium in Brasilia.