Lungo Oleg, 36, killed after knuckle boom crane malfunctions and crushes him at construction site on Route 300 in Newburgh, New York
Person Dies After Accident At Area Strip Mall
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.
Worker killed in Town of Newburgh construction incident (Video)
Police say a yellow boom crane being operated off a red truck somehow malfunctioned.
The worker became trapped.
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