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An employee dies in an accident at a construction site in Paradise Valley

An employee was killed in an incident at a construction site in Paradise Valley on Monday, officials said.

At around 12:30 p.m., dispatchers from Scottsdale and Phoenix responded to a home under construction on McDonald Drive, west of Scottsdale Road.

When they arrived, emergency crews found an unidentified man in his 50s trapped under falling debris, officials said.

Despite life-saving measures, the man was “not resuscitable” and died from his injuries, officials said.

According to investigators, several windows fell from a crane in use at the construction site onto an employee working there.

Officials continue to investigate the incident.