VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A medical examiner is working to determine whether lightning killed a Volusia County construction worker.
First responders arrived at a home under construction on Sterling Pointe Drive in Deltona around 2 p.m. Monday after witnesses said a man standing on the roof working on the framing was struck by lightning.
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The man’s coworkers said the strike caused him to fall to the concrete below, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The man, identified as 24-year-old Edvin J. Velasquez Cinto, died at a nearby hospital.
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Though the initial examination indicates a lightning strike, deputies said the medical examiner will determine the man’s official cause of death.
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