EAST HAVEN, Conn. — A man in East Haven died after falling from an e-bike and tumbling down an embankment Wednesday afternoon.

The accident happened in the area of Mill Street and Foxon Road while the 65-year-old man was attempting to balance an apparent 2x4 piece of lumber left in the road, police said.

First responders went to the scene at 3:25 p.m. after receiving a report about the accident.

East Haven Fire Department medics attempted life-saving measures on the unconscious man before bringing him to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died of his injuries, according to police.

His identity has not been released at this time.

Investigators learned from surveillance video that the man was traveling north on Mill Street when he stopped to pick up what appeared to be a 2x4.

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