MEC&F Expert Engineers : 04/02/17

Sunday, April 2, 2017

A pest control worker with Dewey Pest Control died in a jobsite accident when he fell from a second-story balcony in Escondido, CA



Pest control worker who fell to his death identified
City News Service, Updated at 12:27PM, April 2, 2017


ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- A pest-control worker who died in a job-site accident in a residential North County neighborhood was identified Saturday by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office as a 66-year-old Guatay man.

Jack Rafael Ruiz was found by a co-worker lying unconscious on the ground with a bleeding head wound outside a home in the 1400 block of Oak Hill Drive in Escondido on Thursday afternoon.

Medics tried in vain to revive Ruiz before pronouncing him dead at the scene.

Family members have set up an online fundraiser to help cover funeral: https://www.gofundme.com/3l3t7bc

The co-worker said the accident happened while he was away from the job site for about two hours before he returned at about 2 p.m.

That's when he found Ruiz unresponsive, lying on the back patio. The co-worker said it appeared that Ruiz had fallen about 10 feet to the ground. 





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ESCONDIDO, Calif. – A man died in a jobsite accident when he fell from a second-story balcony in a residential North County neighborhood Thursday afternoon, police said.

The victim's partner found the man who is in his 60s lying unconscious on the ground outside a home in the 1400 block of Oak Hill Drive in Escondido shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to police.

Medics tried in vain to revive him before pronouncing him dead at the scene. The man's name was withheld pending family notification.

The co-worker, who did not witness the accident, said the victim appeared to have fallen about 10 feet off of a patio, Sgt. Fred Cheatham said.













Female passenger killed after a car struck a deer and slammed into a PECO utility pole in Philadelphia's Roxborough section






Sunday, April 02, 2017 12:19PM
ROXBOROUGH (WPVI) -- A woman has died after a crash in Philadelphia's Roxborough section.

It happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on Hagy's Mill Road near Belfrey Drive.

Police say the driver of a car struck a deer and slammed into a PECO utility pole.

The pole then fell onto the car, splitting it in half, police say.

The 22-year-old female passenger was ejected from the vehicle.

She was rushed to Einstein Medical Center where she died from her injuries.

The 27-year-old male driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.




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UPPER ROXBOROUGH (WTXF) - A woman was killed when the car she was in hit a deer in Upper Roxborough, overnight.

Philadelphia police say it happened shortly after 12:30am Sunday along Hagys Mill and Campanile roads.

The 27-year-old man driving hit the deer and lost control of the car.

Then, the car slammed into a PECO electric pole, causing it to fall and split the vehicle in half.

Investigators say the 22-year-old victim was ejected from the top of the car, since it split, and she landed on her head. She was taken to the hospital, where she died.

The driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.