{"id":189769,"date":"2021-10-25T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=189769"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:45:50","slug":"biloxi-miss-cops-id-man-who-stumbled-on-casino-garage-roof-fell-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/biloxi-miss-cops-id-man-who-stumbled-on-casino-garage-roof-fell-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Biloxi, Miss. Cops ID Man Who Stumbled on Casino Garage Roof, Fell to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man who accidentally fell to his death from the roof of Mississippi\u2019s Hard Rock Biloxi Casino\u2019s parking garage Friday night has been identified. He is Joseph Baynes, 45, of Daphne, Ala., and was reportedly celebrating his birthday at the time.<\/p>\n

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Mississippi\u2019s Hard Rock Biloxi Casino, pictured above. The venue’s parking garage was the site of a man stumbling and falling to his death below. (Image: Angus Mordant\/Bloomberg<\/em> via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The incident took place at about 11 pm. When police officers arrived, they pulled Baynes from Biloxi Small Craft Harbor.<\/p>\n

He had stumbled on the garage\u2019s roof after jumping onto the top of a support pillar, Biloxi police revealed in a Facebook post on Monday.<\/p>\n

Head Injuries, Broken Bones<\/h2>\n

Baynes fell from the garage and suffered severe head injuries and broken bones, Biloxi police added.<\/p>\n

Witness told officers that the man and some other people were walking to their motor vehicle on the garage\u2019s top floor after spending the evening at the casino. Baynes was apparently with his wife and another couple when the fall took place, witnesses told police, as reported by WLOX<\/em>, a local TV station.<\/p>\n

No foul play is suspected at this time, but the investigation is ongoing,\u201d<\/strong> the Biloxi police statement revealed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He succumbed from blunt force trauma, Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer reported this weekend, according to Al.com<\/em>, a regional news site in Alabama.<\/p>\n

Earlier Fatal Falls, Jumps<\/h2>\n

Across the nation, other people have fallen or jumped from casino buildings.<\/p>\n

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Last month a man who jumped from the Strat Hotel<\/a>, Casino & SkyPod in Las Vegas died from an apparent suicide, according to the Clark County Coroner\u2019s office. The official cause of his demise was \u201cblunt injuries,\u201d the coroner\u2019s office added.\u00a0It was unclear why the 30-year-old resident of Henderson, Nev. apparently jumped, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He landed near a ground-level entranceway close to a sidewalk along Las Vegas Boulevard, Vital Vegas<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

In January, a woman fell from an upper floor of Atlantic City\u2019s Ocean Casino Resort<\/a> parking garage onto the street below.<\/p>\n

Cops found the body of the 29-year-old Philadelphia woman on New Jersey Avenue. She was lifeless when emergency medical technicians tried to treat her on the scene. They declared her dead. Police initially believe she fell from one of the upper levels of the gaming property\u2019s parking garage. located near the boardwalk.<\/p>\n

In September 2020, a man died in Atlantic City after he fell from the second level of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino<\/a> onto the lobby floor. Hard Rock security officers and local EMTs tried to resuscitate the 30-year-old Rochester, N.Y. man. Despite their repeated efforts, he was pronounced dead at the resort casino, located on the boardwalk.<\/p>\n

An initial inquiry revealed the man was trying to climb over a divider on the resort casino\u2019s second floor when he fell, according to an Atlantic City police statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The man who accidentally fell to his death from the roof of Mississippi\u2019s Hard Rock Biloxi Casino\u2019s parking garage Friday night has been identified. He is Joseph Baynes, 45, of Daphne, Ala., and was reportedly celebrating his birthday at the time. The incident took place at about 11 pm. When police officers arrived, they pulled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":189772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBiloxi Cops ID Man Who Stumbled on Casino Garage Roof, Fell to Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The man who fell to his death from the roof of Mississippi\u2019s Hard Rock Biloxi parking garage has been identified. 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