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PA Worker ID'd After Crushing Death Between Forklift, Tractor-Tractor PA Worker ID'd After Crushing Death Between Forklift, Tractor-Tractor
PA Worker ID'd After Crushing Death Between Forklift, Tractor-Tractor A 30-year-old person has been identified following a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a forklift at work in Manchester Township on Thursday.  The coroner identified the victim as Joseph Via III, "Joey, who was in the process of transitioning to Lizzy," her stepmother, Sue Frederick Via, said in a Facebook post.  She was found unresponsive and entrapped between a forklift and a parked tractor-trailer at her place of work, C-P Flexible Packaging, located at 15 Grumbacher Road, Manchester Township at 11:10 a.m. on Nov. 30, authorities explained. "It is unknown exa…
Trash Truck Kills PA Sanitation Worker Trash Truck Kills PA Sanitation Worker
Trash Truck Kills PA Sanitation Worker A sanitation worker is dead after being hit by the truck he was working on, according to authorities.  It happened around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15 in Ridley Park, borough police said in a statement.  The employee, 31-year-old Frank Daniels, was on the 200 block of West Hinckley Avenue when he was struck and fatally injured, said police and sanitation company JP Mascaro and Sons.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed that they are investigating the death and noted that JP Mascaro and Sons has no past OSHA inspection history.  The compan…
Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP
Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP A hit-and-run involving a tractor-trailer has left an Oklahoma dead outside a Lebanon County Chicken processing plant, authorities say.  Modrel Songer, 64, of Valliant, OK, was found unconscious outside the Bell and Evans plant on US Route 222 on Friday, February 17, 2023, around 9 p.m., according to a release by Pennsylvania state police on Tuesday, Feb. 21.  “It was determined the victim was struck and run over by a truck tractor in the east trailer parking area. The victim ultimately succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene by the Lebanon County Coroner’s …