A man in a wheelchair died Tuesday afternoon after falling 8 feet from a deck at a home in Beverly, according to local news outlets.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Wednesday that a resident of 55 Amherst Road in Beverly had died, but said that no foul play was suspected. The district attorney’s office declined to offer more information on Wednesday, and Beverly police did not respond to a request for comment.
The man lived at a group home and was using an electric wheelchair when he fell through the deck’s fencing into an embankment around 4 p.m., The Boston Globe reported. Firefighters found the man in a trench near the back of the residence and declared him dead at the scene, WCVB reported.
Beverly police are investigating the incident. No further information about the man’s death — including his identity — has been released.
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