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Ellwood City man died of broken neck

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa.

A man who was found dead outside a neighbor’s house Sunday afternoon died of a broken neck, Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle, Pa, reported.

Police said an autopsy showed that Shawn Eric Harper, 41, of West Lawrence Avenue in Ellwood City was intoxicated and fell down steps leading to an outside patio.