Jesus Perez Vasquez was trapped while working on a water line in Providence Village. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more from his family and those dealing with water woes tonight.
A construction worker died and another was injured Thursday after an accident while working on a water line in Denton County.
Firefighters in Aubrey said the two people were working on a water line along Main Street in Providence Village when they became trapped at about 12:15 p.m. The men were both hospitalized, one in critical condition and the other in serious condition.
One of the men died about an hour later. He was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office as 29-year-old Jesus Perez Vasquez. A cause of death has not yet been provided.
"We're going to miss him. There aren't words," Vasquez's brother Uriel Perez told NBC 5's sister station Telemundo 39.
Perez's widow Maria Vasquez says they just married three months ago.
"From 7 to 11 we were texting each other. Never did I think that would be the last. I don't have the right words for how I feel," said Maria Vasquez.
"It is with great sorrow that we report the victim in this tragic accident did not survive his injuries," Aubrey Police said. "We would like to offer our condolences to the family."
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Officials said there is no danger to the public but that the issues at the water tower will continue to intermittently impact the water supply through Saturday. A boil water notice is currently in effect in the area.
Paselitos Hugo, restaurant in Providence Village, has running water but is under the boil water notice.
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So the owner decided close until she gets the all clear that the water is clean.
"It's difficult for me," said owner Jairiveeh Higuera.
At a distribution event, we're told hundreds of cases of water was handed out in about five hours.
