UPDATE: Police release name of American visitor who died

THE AMERICAN VISITOR who died last night after plunging 20 feet from scaffolding has been named.

He is Alex Miano, 26, who was staying at Burke’s Beach Bar, Bay Street, St Michael.

Miano arrived in Barbados on Monday.

The young man was at Indian Pond, St Joseph working on a stage and lighting for an Old Year’s Night celebration when he fell.

He was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Investigations are continuing. (PR/SAT)