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UPDATE: Coroner releases cause of death for man who fell down concrete pipe at worksite in Jean

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Posted at 12:49 PM, Feb 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-30 12:15:09-04

UPDATE MARCH 30: The Clark County Coroner has determined the cause of death for Angel Mariscal-Robles to have been drowning and the incident was ruled an accident. The coroner also placed the death at Sierra Ready Mix.

UPDATE MARCH 3: The Clark County Coroner has identified the man as 26-year-old Angel Mariscal-Robles from Las Vegas. His cause and manner of death are still pending the autopsy results.

ORIGINAL STORY
JEAN (KTNV) -- The Clark County Fire Department reports a person has died this morning at a worksite in Jean.

Officials with the fire department said crews were called to a site out in Jean at around 11:10 a.m. when it came to a report of a person who had fallen down a concrete pipe.

Emergency personnel were able to locate the man but said he was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The man was said to be in his 20s, but officials say it wasn't initially clear if the fall was indeed what killed him.

CCFD said OSHA and the Henderson Fire Department were also at the worksite assisting with the incident.

No further immediate information was released by authorities.

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