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Roofing worker Eugenio Lopez Alvarez, 28, of Fairmont City, Illinois, died after falling from a second story roof, breaking his neck and head at the Stoneledge Plantation Apartments in Greenville, SC





Coroner identifies worker killed in fall from roof



Greenville County, SC

Elizabeth LaFleur , elafleur@greenvillenews.com 

Published 6:26 a.m. ET May 29, 2017 | Updated 17 hours ago


The Greenville County Coroner Office's on Monday identified a construction worker who died after falling from a roof.

Eugenio Lopez Alvarez, 28, of Fairmont City, Illinois, died just before 5 p.m. Sunday at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Alvarez was working for a roofing contractor at the 
Stoneledge Plantation Apartments at 1421 Roper Mountain Road when he fell from a second story roof about 1 p.m. Sunday, according to a Coroner's Office report.

Alvarez was taken to Greenville Memorial Trauma Center and was later pronounced dead, according to the coroner. The cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma to the head and neck.