May 1, 2008
Worker dies in accident at Aspen school
A Denver man was killed Wednesday morning when a free-standing cinder-block wall toppled onto him at the old Aspen Middle School. The man, Juan Ruiz, 29, was pronounced dead of massive head injuries at approximately noon at Aspen Valley Hospital, according to a statement from the Pitkin County Coroner’s Office.
The accident was called in to local authorities at 9:20 a.m., by ESA of Denver employees working on asbestos abatement and demolition at the school. According to Jeff Lumsden, patrol director for the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, the man was working alongside his brother on the third floor of the school when the wall fell on him....
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is there any more info on where this man was from I think he may be my cousin
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