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Updates:

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-news/d/story/man-falls-to-death-while-working-on-communications/64807/k45PuO-4SEuJ3yYSVPZQzA

http://www.wrex.com/story/26260229/2014/08/12/one-person-dies-after-falling-from-communications-tower

Updated links, he was a tower painter and the accident was at 13668 E Morseville Rd, in Stockton, Ill. on Sunday afternoon around 1:48PM local time. He apparently fell from 80 to 90 feet. Thomas Lucas of Toledo, Il, was 49 years old.

http://www.kwqc.com/story/26260814/tower-worker-falls-to-death-in-jo-daviess-county

http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_d45e2058-317e-5309-a213-008d9e1d4bab.html

http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Man-Dead-After-Falling-Off-Communications-Tower-270915201.html

http://wqad.com/2014/08/12/painter-killed-in-fall-from-tower-in-rural-stockton/

Another fallen worker, another loss in the industry. As seen in Wireless Estimator, http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm there was another fallen worker near Stockton, Il. quoting Wireless Estimator, “Jo Daviess County Coroner Bill Laity said that the man who fell from a communications tower in rural Stockton Sunday was Thomas W. Lucas, 49, of Toledo, Ill. According to Laity, Lucas was painting the structure when he fell. Laity did not know if Lucas was self-employed”

Apparently Sunday afternoon, August 10th, this happened. It seems not many people on the news wire picked it up. Just so you know the details are scarce, we just don’t know much at this time but here are some articles that may help.

http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_5ece5ec4-20d6-11e4-acb6-0017a43b2370.html

http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_c06decdf-566e-5125-9fc1-ba5ccffb77d2.html