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ID Released For Worker Killed In Roof Collapse At Long Island Company ID Released For Worker Killed In Roof Collapse At Long Island Company
ID Released For Worker Killed In Roof Collapse At Long Island Company Authorities have identified a construction worker who was killed when a roof collapsed at a utility company on Long Island. The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, in Woodbury, at the Jericho Water District Facility on Stillwell Lane. Two construction workers were standing on scaffolding about 30 feet in the air when the roof suddenly collapsed, according to Nassau County Police. One of the men, identified Friday, Aug. 4 as 49-year-old Donaldo Duque, of Roosevelt, was crushed against a concrete wall of the building. Emergency crews spent more than six hours trying to…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench
Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench A Connecticut man from Fairfield County was killed in a construction accident in New York after being trapped 10 feet underground when a trench collapsed on top of him at a Westchester County worksite. The Stamford man was killed around 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, when the trench collapsed at a home on 648 Shore Acres Drive in the Village of Mamaroneck. Police officers, as well as members from the Mamaroneck Fire Department, responded to 648 Shore Acres Drive on a report of a person trapped in a trench at the location, said Mamaroneck PD Chief Sandra DiRuzza. Upon arrival, t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
IDs Released Of Workers Killed In Long Island Pit Collapse IDs Released Of Workers Killed In Long Island Pit Collapse
IDs Released Of Workers Killed In Long Island Pit Collapse The identities have been released for the two workers who were killed after sand collapsed on them as they were installing a septic tank in a pit on Long Island. The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Upper Brookville on the 1200 block of Wolver Hollow Road near the intersection of Pine Valley Road. The two men, now identified as Deniz Dos Santos Almeida, 57, and Max Antonio Turcios, 46, were working at the bottom of an excavated site about 30 feet below the surface where septic rings were being installed. According to Nassau County Police Department, Old Brookville Pol…

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by Joe Lombardi