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Updated: Monday, 09 Aug 2010, 6:42 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 07 Aug 2010, 8:35 AM EDT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - Newport News police say a man died while trying to scale a fence overnight.

It happened at the Anderson's Home and Garden Showplace on Jefferson Avenue. According to investigators, a man and his girlfriend drove into the garden center's parking lot after an argument. They say the man, 26 from Newport News, tried to scale the fence and got his head caught between two posts. As he tried to flip over the fence, he was killed.

The victim was removed from the fence by the fire department and was transported to the medical examiners office in Norfolk for examination and determination of the cause of death, according to police.

Due to the circumstances of the incident, police are not releasing the victims identity.

Man killed trying to scale fence

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