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Pierceton Man Dies From Fall

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A Pierceton man died Friday morning after he fell from a ladder in Warsaw.

According to Kosciusko County Deputy Coroner Tony Ciriello, Donald E. Smith, 53, Pierceton, was heading down a ladder to get supplies at 321 S. Union St., Warsaw, when he fell off and broke his neck.Ciriello said Smith was helping a roofer at the two-story home.

The call came in around 9:15 a.m. Friday.

Ciriello said the fall was "strictly an accident."

Smith was dead on the scene but pronounced dead at Kosciusko Community Hospital.

Smith's funeral arrangements are with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home in Warsaw.