Thursday, February 4, 2010

Worker killed in fall from cell phone tower

LITTLE ROCK — A man with more than three decades experience working on towers died this morning when he fell about 100 feet from a cell phone tower in Saline County.

Terry Thompson, 51, of Lucedale, Miss., was pronounced dead at the scene, a tower on Old 88 Road near Highway 70. Officials say he died on impact about 10:30 a.m.

Deputies with the Saline County sheriff's office and officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating how the fall occurred. Foul play is not suspected.

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