ALLIANCE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Alliance community is working together to give a family a nice Christmas, after a husband and father of five died in a roofing accident the week before Thanksgiving.

A family friend tells WHBC News that 48-year-old Randy Paparella of Kensington in Columbiana County leaves his wife and five children.

At last check, over $1500 had been raised in a GoFundMe account.