A common nightmare for New Yorkers came true yesterday evening when a woman walking in Greenwich Village died after being hit by a large piece of plywood blown from a nearby construction site.

The New York Times reports that the 37-year-old woman was talking on her cell phone while walking in front of 175 West 12th St. when a four feet by eight feet piece of wood struck her, knocking her into a wall. The wood was blown from the security fence of a construction site on Seventh Avenue, according to the NYPD.

From the Times:

A caller to 911 reported that the woman had suffered trauma and head injury after wood from a building hit her, a city official said. The city's Emergency Medical Service responded at about 5:56 p.m., the official said.

The caller to 911 told dispatchers the woman was lying on the ground and appeared to be confused, the official said.

The woman, whose name has not been released, was rushed to Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead just after 9 pm.

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