Crime & Safety

ID of Fatal Naugatuck Construction Accident Victim Released

The man was part of a tree removal service working in a Naugatuck High School parking lot.

Police have identified the man killed after a construction accident in Naugatuck Wednesday as Luis Albaro Ortega-Ortega, 32, of Naugatuck.

The incident occurred in a parking area located off Milville Avenue near Lorann Drive. It is a upper student parking lot for Naugatuck High School.

Ortega-Ortega was operating an excavator for a local tree service that was contracted to remove a tree from the parking area, according to police.

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Related: UPDATE: Construction Worker Dies While Working at Naugatuck High School

He was transported to the hospital and later died. No other workers

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Police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration continue to investigate the incident.

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