Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport

A United Airlines employee was hospitalized after the wheel of a passenger bridge rolled over his leg at Newark Airport.

The type of jet bridge that rolled over the worker's leg.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Kelly Carruthers-Jensen*

Jerry DeMarco

02/28/2018 10:30 a.m.

The 34-year-old employee had to be extricated after the wheel of the "jet bridge" at Terminal C's Gate 88 rolled over his leg just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Port Authority's Steve Coleman said.

He was taken to University Hospital in Newark in serious condition, Coleman said.

An investigation was continuing, he said.

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