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Longtime Bass Pro Shops employee dies after tumbling from a lift while stringing holiday lights in Alabama
Kurt Kralovec, 70, fell from a bucket lift while putting up seasonal lights outside the Bass Pro Shops in Leeds, Alabama. Police are looking into the fall.
A 70-year-old employee died on Sunday afternoon after falling while he decorated the outside of the Bass Pro Shops store in Leeds, Alabama.
The Jefferson County coroner named him as Kurt Kralovec. He was up in a bucket lift putting seasonal lights around the building when he fell.
What police know
Leeds police are investigating. Officers say it is still unclear exactly how Kralovec came out of the lift.
Police radio traffic indicated he dropped roughly 20 to 25 feet onto the asphalt below. He was declared dead at the scene.
The company's response
Bass Pro Shops said its thoughts were with Kralovec's family and with its staff. The company described him as a dear friend who had been part of its team for 12 years.
Kralovec was 70.
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