Authorities in Scottsdale, Arizona are blaming the weather on a freak accident that killed a tourist on Friday, October 16. Rogério Renato Mateucci, 55, was struck by flying debris from the roof during a group walking tour of Frank Lloyd Wright‘s historic Taliesin West home.
Scottsdale police spokesperson Aaron Bolin told The Fresno Bee that debris from the roof was shaken loose due by strong wind gusts and that Mateucci, a beloved university president from Brazil, was killed instantly when a piece struck him in the head. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Mateucci, the rector at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, was visiting the famed home while in Scottsdale to participate in meetings at Arizona State University, alongside 40 other private university leaders. ASU spokesperson Jerry Gonzalez told the outlet that after the meetings ended on Friday, Mateucci went sightseeing with others at Taliesin West.
Vidal Martins, a colleague of Mateucci’s who was in town but did not take part in the tour, told The Fresno Bee that he learned of the tragedy from a co-worker who was at the scene. She called him frantically, explaining that Mateucci was bleeding heavily, but five minutes later, he said, she called back to say that efforts to save him had failed.
Martins told The Arizona Republic that the acrylic material hit Mateucci, at a “velocity” so “great” that he had no time to duck out of the way and that they believe his death was “instantaneous.”
Brazilian outlet g1 PR reported that though an investigation is ongoing, police are treating the incident “an accident related to weather conditions.” Authorities say wind gusts of up to 32 miles per hour were measured in the area on Friday.
Taliesin West has closed to the public indefinitely, according to The Modesto Bee. Wright, among the most celebrated architects in American history, established the site as his winter home in 1938 studio. The National Historic Landmark attracts over 100,000 visitors per year.
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