Authorities release name of Jersey City man who fell to his death
A 74-year-old Jersey City man who was cleaning a fire escape died after the counterweight from the fire escape’s ladder broke loose, struck him on the head and sent him falling to the ground this morning, officials said.
At 11:30 a.m. officers responding to the backyard of 2684 Kennedy Blvd. found the the man, who was identified as Angel Feneque, unresponsive on the ground near the fire escape, bleeding from his nose, a police report says.
The victim’s wife told police that Feneque was the building superintendent and was cleaning the fire escape when the fatal incident occurred, the report says.
It is unclear how far Feneque fell.
Police viewed security video that showed Feneque was putting a ladder next to the fire escape. As he pulled the fire escape’s ladder down, its counterweight broke loose and struck him on top of the head, the report says.
An ambulance from the Jersey City Medical Center responded and emergency medical technicians began life saving procedure, the report says. Feneque was rushed to the Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
“I heard a bang,” said Juan Serrano, 42, who lives in the building. “Then I saw someone lying in the back of the building. He had blood coming from his nose and the back of his head. The back of his head was really hurt.”
By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
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on June 26, 2014 at 6:08 PM
Journal staff writer Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
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