A man in Orange County, Fla., died over the weekend after he tried to rip out a street sign, according to a Local 6 News report.

Sheriff's deputies said the man somehow cut himself while yanking out the sign near his home at the University House apartments.

"It appears he underestimated the severity of the wound," Local 6's Todd Jurkowski said. "He went home and was found dead in his apartment Sunday."

The man's identity was not released.

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