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Worker killed in downtown fall is identified

We have this morning the name of the construction worker killed in a Tuesday fall in downtown Athens: Oscar Vasquez was 23 years old and working on a subcontracting crew from New Orleans. He was laying brick on scaffolding at the Mark Apartment complex on College Avenue when he fell between 40 and 45 feet. Vasquez was pronounced dead a short time later. An investigation into the fatal workplace accident is ongoing.

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