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Monday, February 3, 2014Area:
Boston, MAA long-time Natick town employee was killed and a second town employee was injured Tuesday night while both were participating in the emergency repair of a water line, an incident that was witnessed by four co-workers and a Natick police officer on a paid detail, officials said.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYA man who was driving the wrong way on the Niagara Thruway for several miles early Monday morning and then struck a roadside construction crane is facing charges of drunken driving, according to Lewiston Police.
Douglas P. Pytlik Jr., 32, of Linwood Avenue, North Tonawanda, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDA contracted highway worker was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on the inner loop of Interstate 695, just prior to Interstate 795 in Baltimore County, according to police and highway officials.
The worker, who has not been identified, was doing preliminary work for an upcoming State Highway Administration project in the Pikesville area when the collission occurred about 2 p.m., said a SHA spokeswoman.
The worker is an employee of a private contractor hired by the SHA to conduct the work, Burnette Edgar said.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014A 55-year-old construction worker was killed Monday morning at a job in Windsor Township, York County.
Police identified the victim as Benedict Todt, of Gardeners, Adams County.
Todt was working at the Red Lion Water Authority pumping facility at 500 Gebhart Rd. when the accident happened around 11 a.m.
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Friday, December 6, 2013Area:
Charlottesville, VAVirginia State Police are investigating a fatal accident late Saturday that claimed two lives on Interstate 95’s northbound HOV lanes in Springfield, a police spokeswoman said Sunday. Two people were killed when their four-door vehicle ran off the right side of the road near Exit 170 about 8:30 p.m., hit an unoccupied backhoe in an inactive construction zone, and caught fire, a state police spokeswoman said. Two bodies were removed from the vehicle, which was destroyed by fire, and taken to the Office of the Medical Examiner. No identification of the victims had been made as of 3 p.m.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WA