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Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD
Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD A man died after he was struck with the bucket of a backhoe while demolishing a home in Scotch Plains on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 12, authorities said. Officers responded to the scene at 3:30 p.m. and located the victim who had severe head trauma, Scotch Plains police said in a release. An NJ State Police medical choppter was requested to the scene, landing at Scotch Plains Fanwood High School, but the man was transported to Overlook Hospital in Summit via Union County Ambulance, police said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. His name is being withheld pending next o…

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by Sam Barron