It's raining Coachella worker.
A worker died Saturday morning after falling in the staging area at the Empire Polo Club, site of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio police confirmed.
Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said they received a call around 9:30 a.m. Saturday about an accident on the Empire Polo Club grounds and to respond to Avenue 50 and Monroe Street.
Guitron said a worker in the staging area at the polo grounds had fallen and died at the scene. In a tweet, Cal Fire reported a "traumatic injury" and said a person "fell from a roof and perished at the scene" near Avenue 50 and Monroe Street.
Goldenvoice's spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Guitron said the fire department notified Cal/OSHA about the industrial accident.
TMZ has reported that an eyewitness said the worker was climbing the stage scaffolding and fell about 60 feet, and that the worker didn't have a safety harness tethered to a cable to stop him from falling.
In 2014, an Oakland woman collapsed during the music festival and later died at a local hospital. At the time, investigators hadn't ruled out a drug overdose as the cause of death.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news...io/3387726002/
Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said they received a call around 9:30 a.m. Saturday about an accident on the Empire Polo Club grounds and to respond to Avenue 50 and Monroe Street.
Guitron said a worker in the staging area at the polo grounds had fallen and died at the scene. In a tweet, Cal Fire reported a "traumatic injury" and said a person "fell from a roof and perished at the scene" near Avenue 50 and Monroe Street.
Goldenvoice's spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Guitron said the fire department notified Cal/OSHA about the industrial accident.
TMZ has reported that an eyewitness said the worker was climbing the stage scaffolding and fell about 60 feet, and that the worker didn't have a safety harness tethered to a cable to stop him from falling.
In 2014, an Oakland woman collapsed during the music festival and later died at a local hospital. At the time, investigators hadn't ruled out a drug overdose as the cause of death.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news...io/3387726002/