Lungo Oleg, 36, killed after knuckle boom crane malfunctions and crushes him at construction site on Route 300 in Newburgh, New York

Modified Date: 
Fri, 03/18/2022 - 4:39pm
Accident Date: 
Thursday, March 17, 2022

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When officers arrived on the scene they found Lungo Oleg, of Brooklyn, dead, pinned in a knuckle boom that was being used to offload steel beams from a truck, said Lt. Peter G. Talarico, of the Town of Newburgh Police. 

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Police say a yellow boom crane being operated off a red truck somehow malfunctioned.

The worker became trapped.

People Involved: 
Lungo Oleg
Roadway: 
Route 300