Adamo Group president John Adamo dies in construction accident

(WJBK) - The head of a Detroit construction company is killed on a job site in Ohio.

John T. Adamo Jr., the  president of Adamo Group died this morning at a factory site in Beverly, Ohio.

The factory was being demolished after closing this summer. It is reported that workers were dismantling an old conveyor belt over a waterway when the housing for the belt line fell, injuring Adamo and another person. 

Adamo did not survive his injuries. the condition of the other person has not been released.

Adamo Demolition is one of the leading contractors in Detroit's efforts to demolish 40,000 blighted properties around the city.