Police seeking to identify if deceased worker fell from tower prior to falling through skylight
October 24, 2008 - Update 10/25/08 - Ellensburg, Washington police say that they are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man who died yesterday afternoon after
a 35-foot fall through a skylight from a tower atop the roof of Kelleher Motor Company. "A worker on the roof fell through the skylight onto the concrete floor in the shop," said Dave Radcliff, captain paramedic with Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue.
According to a police official, Gary D. Sivey, a Central Washington University student was an employee of Cascade 1 Inc., a wireless internet provider.
Radcliff said the man may have either walked onto the skylight and fell or fell from even higher up from a tower on the roof.
The worker was taken to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, suffering from "massive multi-system trauma." He was suffering from a cardiac arrest when emergency personnel arrived.
