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Worker dies after falling from ladder on Martha’s Vineyard
Jose Luis Collaguazo Crespo fell from a second-story ladder onto a cement basement floor and later "succumbed to his injuries."
A 32-year-old Fall River man died Tuesday after falling from a ladder at a construction site in Martha’s Vineyard, officials said Wednesday.
Edgartown police and EMS responded to a report at 7:43 a.m. on Feb. 11 of a man, later identified as Jose Luis Collaguazo Crespo, who fell from a second-story ladder onto a cement basement floor, according to a statement from the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office.
Crespo was transported to a hospital where he “succumbed to his injuries,” according to the statement.
“District Attorney [Robert] Galibois’s thoughts are with the victims’ loved ones during this difficult time and tragic accident,” the statement said.
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Investigators ruled the death as an accident and, while still monitoring the situation, are not pursuing a criminal investigation, according to the statement. Any potential negligence by the developer would fall under civil and not criminal jurisdiction, the district attorney noted.
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