GIBSON, La. (AP) - Terrebonne Parish sheriff’s deputies say a welder died after he fell 55-60 feet from a platform barge at a business in Gibson.
Sheriff Jerry Larpenter tells The Courier (https://bit.ly/1Tx4IB7) 44-year-old James Patrick Lafleur (luh-FLUHR’), of Morgan City, was pronounced dead Wednesday at Teche Hospital.
Larpenter says the accident happened at Modern American Recycle Service.
Authorities are investigating what caused Lafleur to fall.
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Information from: The Courier, https://www.houmatoday.com
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