YSU maintenance worker dies in fall

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Coroner’s office is investigating the death of a maintenance worker who fell from a ladder while working at an apartment complex at Youngstown State University.

According to a statement from the university, David P. Phibbs, a maintenance worker at the University Courtyard Apartments at YSU, died Thursday after an accident at the apartments.

YSU police report that Phibbs fell from a ladder while working on a security light on the east side of the apartment building. The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office is investigating.

Phibbs was employed by Ambling Companies Inc., which manages the apartment complex.

“Youngstown State University employees and students express our deepest sympathies to Phibbs’ family,” the statement said.