A 13-year-old west Georgia boy died Friday afternoon after falling 25 feet at the Peachtree City-Falcon Field Airport.
Investigators believe Austin Bailey, of Temple, climbed onto the roof of the main hangar and stepped onto a skylight, Capt. Rosanna Dove with the Peachtree City Police Department said in a news release. The skylight gave way and Austin fell into the hangar, Dove said.
The teen was transported to Piedmont-Fayette Hospital, where he died shortly after 1 p.m.
The hangar is currently being re-roofed by a Villa Rica company that employs the boyfriend of Austin's mother, Dove said. Austin, who was home schooled, had accompanied his soon-to-be stepfather to work, Dove said.
"He just climbed up on the roof," Dove said. "Nobody was up there with him."
A spokeswoman for the airport declined to discuss the incident when reached by telephone Friday afternoon.
Airport officials have contacted OSHA to investigate, Dove said.
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