Police investigate death of man at Sienna Shipyard

Published 8:36 am Monday, May 23, 2016

PRESS RELEASE — On Sunday May 22, 2016 at 2:20 a.m. the Orange Police Department, Orange Fire Department, and Acadian EMS responded to the Sienna Shipyard located at 615 Georgia Street Orange, Texas. It was reported that an employee of the ship yard was found unresponsive on a barge, where he had been working.

The worker, a fifty-eight year old Hispanic male, was later pronounced dead by Judge Dunn.  The cause of the death is not known at this time.  There was no immediate indication that the death was due an industrial accident.  The investigation into the exact cause of the death is continuing.