A man who died Monday morning when a carport at a Bar Harbor hotel collapsed has been identified.
Mark King, 64, of Boynton Beach, Florida, died when a roof outside the hotel’s front entrance caved in, according to the Bar Harbor police and fire departments.
The collapse happened at 6:45 a.m. Monday at the Bar Harbor Regency Hotel, which is closed for the winter, officials said.
The carport, a free-standing structure outside the hotel entrance, provided shelter to cars driving up to the establishment. It was not clear Monday morning why it collapsed, though repeated winter storms this month have deposited several layers of snow and ice on the ground and on roofs across the state.
King was underneath the canopy when it collapsed, police said.
First responders tried to free King from under the collapsed roof, but he died at the scene, police said.
The Bar Harbor and Mount Desert police departments are assisting the state medical examiner’s office and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with the ongoing investigation.
An official with Bar Harbor Resorts, which owns the hotel, did not respond Monday morning to a message seeking comment.
