Father Dies From Fall While Hanging Christmas Lights With His Son in Texas

The man (not pictured) was doing the job with his son. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

(IBEXNews) - A Texas man attempting to earn a little extra cash before the holidays died after he fell from a roof while hanging Christmas lights.

Felipe Gallegos was with his 17-year-old son, Argyle, at the time of his fatal fall. They were decorating a home in Rhome as part of a business that includes power-washing windows and putting up holiday lights.

“He was on the roof and then we heard something,” his widow, Alisha Flick told WFAA.

“He was lying on the concrete saying, ‘Help me, help me.’”

The 39-year-old Wise County man suffered a skull and chest fracture as well as bleeding in the brain, according the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.

He was rushed to Medical City Denton for surgery but died Saturday from his injuries.