06:00 pm, Wednesday 10 March, 2010

A man has died while fixing a roof on how a man died on a banana farm near Tully in far north Queensland on Monday.

Police, ambulance and fire crews are at the Dallachy Road property at Silky Oak.

Police say it is too early determine the exact cause of the man’s death.

According to Innisfail police district inspector David Tucker, their investigations indicate that the man died while fixing a roof from a cherry picker.

“We’re quite unclear at this point in time as to exactly what has occurred and as such, it may be some time before we determine an exact cause of death in this particular circumstance,” he said.

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