ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 9, 1996 TAG: 9602090058
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
Police and federal authorities from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration are investigating the death of a Christiansburg man who fell at a construction site Wednesday.
Timothy Edward Huff was killed when he fell about 30 feet from the roof of an expansion project at New Energy Bedrooms on Prospect Drive.
Witnesses told Christiansburg police that Huff, who was moving roofing material, misjudged the distance between steel roof beams and stepped backward. He slipped, fell through the roof and struck his head, causing an injury that was immediately fatal.
The accident occurred around 1:30 p.m., police said.
Huff, 32, worked for Avis Construction Co. of Roanoke. He was a father and an avid outdoorsman.
Huff's funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Merrimac Penecostal Holiness Church.
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