Crime & Safety
Man Dies After Falling Off Roof In Gurnee: Coroner
The 29-year-old Chicago man was working to install solar panels on the roof of a Gurnee house when he fell off, authorities said.
GURNEE, IL — A 28-year-old Chicago man has died after he fell off a roof while working to install solar panels at a home in Gurnee Friday.
The man has been identified as Braulio Lozano, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
Lozano was part of a crew installing the panels on the roof of a two-story home in the 2000 block of Liberty Lane when he fell off the roof at about 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to the coroner's office news release.
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He was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room. Preliminary results from an autopsy show Lozano died from blunt force injuries as a result of the fall.
The incident remains under investigation by the Gurnee Police Department and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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