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Ridgewood Painter Dies After Roof Fall: Family Says He Came to U.S. for a Better Life

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photo courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — A tragic workplace accident has claimed the life of a 40-year-old Costa Rican painter, who fell two stories while working on a Ridgewood home earlier this month, authorities confirmed.

Ridgewood police said they responded to a call at 152 Kenilworth Road on Tuesday, August 12, at 1:45 p.m., after reports of a man who had fallen from a roof. The victim was identified by his brother, Carlos Solís, as Heriberto Solís Fallas, of Irvington.

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