Crime & Safety

ID Released In Fatal Fall From Roof: Clinton Police

A 37-year-old CT man died on Aug. 12 after he fell off a roof he was working on in Clinton, according to police.

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First responders were called to a home on Fox Hill Drive in Clinton shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 12 on a report of a man who sustained serious injuries from a fall, police said.
First responders were called to a home on Fox Hill Drive in Clinton shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 12 on a report of a man who sustained serious injuries from a fall, police said. (Patch Graphic.)

CLINTON, CT — Police have identified the man who died after falling from the roof of a home in Clinton on Aug. 12 as Angel Lima, 37, of Danbury.

Lima, who owned AGL General Construction LLC, was working on the roof of a home on Fox Hill Drive when he fell around 8 a.m. Monday, police said. The company was hired by the homeowners to work on the property.

Arriving first responders immediately rendered lifesaving aid to Lima, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene and will be conducting their own independent investigation, police added.

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