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« House airs weekend gambling, end to historic tax credits | Today | Woonsocket man accused of abducting girl, 11 » April 9, 2008Update: Delivery man dies in freak fall at J&W buildingPROVIDENCE -- A delivery man died today after he suffered severe head injuries in a fall in a building on the Johnson & Wales University downtown campus, according to state and city officials. The victim, whose identity was not immediately available, was delivering paint to the former Watkins Building, which is under reconstruction, at 274 Pine St., late in the morning, according to Fire Department officers. The delivery man was walking up a stairwell, said acting Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Paul Thomas, when he made a wrong move and fell about 20 feet. “It’s an unusual twist on an industrial accident,” Thomas said, because the victim was not one of the construction workers. The victim was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he died, according to fire officers and the state medical examiner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. Asked for details about what happened, Lisa Pelosi, spokeswoman for Johnson & Wales, referred questions to the police. A police report was not immediately available. -- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith and projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Mike McKinney Commentsgabe collier | April 9, 2008 5:23 PM link My God, they said yesterday in the news that he fell and hit his head and was rushed to the hospital, they never indicated he was that serious. I was shocked when I heard that he died of his injury's. My heart goes out to his family. R.R.H | April 9, 2008 10:24 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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i would like to send my sympathy to the family of this man.I am a worker on that jobsite i did not see the actual fall but seen him on the ground immediately after.i must say it is a vision that will be hard to forget,and i hope that more safty issues and rules are enforced to prevent an accident like this from happening again.
thank you
gabe collier