PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office says a man initially reported as having died after being struck by a fallen sign during high winds actually died of a heart attack.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health said the medical examiner ruled Tuesday that 59-year-old Carey Hall Jr. died of natural causes from a myocardial infarction.
Police said initially said Hall was struck just before 1 p.m. Monday in a car lot by a sign that fell off a wall in the Hunting Park neighborhood of north Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that time-stamped surveillance footage from the auto dealer showed the sign falling with no one nearby and the man collapsing about four hours later while cleaning up the debris.
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