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Construction Worker Dies after Fall

Dec 21, 2015 at 12:53 pm by Bryan Barrett


A 40-year old South Cannon Avenue man died from injuries after falling about 30-feet through a roof panel. It happened Friday just after 11:15am at 2531 South Church Street. Juan Rodriguez died after being rushed to St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital with many fractures and a head injury. Another worker on the scene told Murfreesboro Police they were replacing old roof sections when Rodriguez fell through a missing section being replaced.

MPD Incident Report #15-25757

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