Man falls to death

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The unidentified man fell to his death near Fernandes Fruit Market in Osoyoos on Sept. 26.

UPDATE 2:30 P.M.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following an accident at an Osoyoos fruit farm where he had worked for the summer on Sept. 26. He is Gabriel Gendreau-Martineau, aged 23, of St. Agathe, Quebec, a town in the Laurentians northwest of Montreal.

The BC Coroners service continues to investigate the sudden death of a 23-year-old man from Quebec, who fell to his death in Osoyoos last week.

According to local police, they were called to Fernandes Fruit Market on Sept. 26 around 8:30 a.m.

The man, who had previously worked at the location, but finished his last shift the day before, was no longer employed by the market.

He was last seen by other workers the previous night and during the early morning hours of Friday. It’s then believed the man attempted to climb a large stack of empty fruit crates at the packinghouse behind the market. 

The crates were approximately 30-feet high when the man fell to his death.

Cpl Jason Bayda with Osoyoos RCMP said the incident was not work related and occurred after hours. 

"Several workers there had been picking fruit and had just finished their last shift. They were spending one more night there and departing next day and it was that night he fell," Bayda said. "There was nothing suspicious at all, just a tragic event."