Crime & Safety
Updated: Narragansett Man Dies after Falling from Exeter Cell Tower
Police the 20-year-old fell after climbing the cell tower in a remote area in Exeter.
Updated 11:10 a.m.
A 20-year-old Narragansett man has died after he fell from a cell tower in Exeter, the Rhode Island State Police said.
Police said Tyler Bresnahan, of Algonquin Trail, climbed to the top of the tower and then fell. He died as a result of the injuries sustained in the fall, according to a state police news release.
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Police said they got a 911 call at 2:43 p.m. reporting a body found at a remote cell tower off a dirt road located behind 230 Yawgoo Valley Road in Exeter.
The reporting party was identified as a friend of Bresnahan’s family, police said.
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