An 87-year-old man, Manuel Cruz Rosa, died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from the roof of a residence in Barceloneta. According to preliminary police information, Cruz Rosa and 75-year-old Joaquín Ortiz Aponte were lowering a water tank from the roof of a home on PR-140, kilometer 66.0, in the Reparto Llanadas neighborhood when both men fell to the ground.
The injured men were taken to a hospital in the Manatí area. Ortiz Aponte suffered bruises and lacerations, while Cruz Rosa suffered serious injuries and later died while receiving medical attention.