Crime & Safety

Electrician Dies Inside Home Under Construction

Man complained of indigestion and went to lie down, co-worker tells sheriff's deputies.

A 40-year-old Fraser man died Monday afternoon while working at a job site  in Rochester Hills. 

According to an Oakland County Sheriff's Office report, the electrician's  co-worker found him not breathing in the basement of the home in the 1400 block of Clear Creek Drive. The co-worker told sheriff's deputies the man  complained of indigestion while eating lunch and went to lie down in the basement where it was cooler.

About four minutes later, the co-worker went down to check on the man and found him not breathing. He was pronounced dead on the scene by sheriff's deputies and members of the Rochester Hills Fire Department.

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