quite a freak accident.
Worker dies after metal ball falls off flagpole
AP - 01/25/2007
ST. PAUL (AP) - A 63-year-old man died Wednesday after a heavy metal ball
fell from the top of a flagpole and struck him on the head. Regions
Hospital identified the man as Eugene White of Anoka. He and his wife are
co-owners of Flag Source, an Anoka company that installs and repairs flagpoles.
Authorities said White was working under the pole when the ball fell
Wednesday afternoon. The flagpole, outside Perkins restaurant on University and
Snelling Avenues, is about 70 feet high. The ball on top weighs more than 10
pounds and is bigger than a bowling ball. "This is about as bizarre an
incident as I can remember," said St. Paul police spokesman Tom Walsh.
It wasn't immediately clear whether White was wearing a hard hat. He died at
Regions Hospital a few hours after the incident. James Honerman, a
spokesman for Minnesota OSHA, said Wednesday afternoon that his agency is
investigating.
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