Man killed in Chicago awning collapse identified

CHICAGO (AP) - A man who was killed when an awning at an off-track betting site in Chicago collapsed under the weight of snow has been identified.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified the man as 54-year-old Randy Pate Sr., of Chicago

Pate was on a patio at Club Hawthorne Corliss in the Pullman neighborhood on the city's South Side with another man on Wednesday afternoon when the awning collapsed. Pate and a 59-year-old man were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Pate, a resident of the nearby West Pullman neighborhood, was pronounced dead a short time later. The other man, whose name has not been released, was reported in fair-to-serious condition.

The collapse was one of several reported in Chicago, which was hit with a blizzard this week that only added to the accumulation of snow that reached two feet in some areas of the city. Chicago Fire Department officials continue to warn residents about the possibility that more roofs and awnings.