Crime & Safety

Tampa Teen Dies After Being Crushed By Pieces of Granite

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating​ the accidental death of a 16-year-old found crushed beneath granite.

TAMPA, FL -- The national Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the accidental death of a 16-year-old found crushed beneath pieces of granite.

On Jan. 1 at 3:30 p.m., Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies responded to Galaxy Granite & Cabinets at 1618 51st St. S. and found Davis Vasquez Garcia of Tampa, an employee at the business, dead. Deputies say it appears multiple pieces of granite fell on top of him.

No foul play is suspected.

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