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19-Year-Old Crushed To Death While Working On Car In Virginia: Police 19-Year-Old Crushed To Death While Working On Car In Virginia: Police
19-Year-Old Crushed To Death While Working On Car In Virginia: Police A death investigation has been launched in Prince William County after a 19-year-old was crushed to death while working on his vehicle in Woodbridge, police say. Shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, the Prince William County Police Department received an emergency call after a man working underneath his vehicle was pinned when it fell on top of him in the 13400 block of Greenacre Drive. The man was pinned and died there, fire and rescue officials confirmed.  Preliminarily, there are no signs of any foul play, according to police, who made note that the cause of death has not been…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Tree-Cutter Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Injuries In Burke Tree-Cutter Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Injuries In Burke
Tree-Cutter Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Injuries In Burke A tree-cutter was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries in Fairfax County on Monday, Aug. 21, police said. The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. on the 5800 block of Wood Laurel Court in Burke.  The nature of the injuries or how they were sustained weren't immediately clear. #FCFRD units are working a technical rescue in the 5800 blk of Wood Laurel Ct in the Burke area. A worker suffered an injury while trimming a tree. Crews are working to lower the worker from the tree. pic.twitter.com/HZ1YEzV0e4 — Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) August 21, 2023 Footage from the …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Worker Crushed To Death While Repairing Skid Loader Was Popular Cecil County Dad Worker Crushed To Death While Repairing Skid Loader Was Popular Cecil County Dad
Worker Crushed To Death While Repairing Skid Loader Was Popular Cecil County Dad A Maryland worker who died when his head was crushed by a skid loader he was repairing is being remembered as a loving dad and husband. The machine was tilted backward and dislodged a metal block supporting it when it fell on Kevin Cline, 38, around 9 a.m. on the 300 block of Marley Road in Elkton, officials previously said. "Yesterday we lost an amazing friend, husband, father, and brother to a tragic accident,” Dorothy Barone writes on a GoFundMe campaign for his family.  “Kevin Cline was well known in Cecil County. Everyone has a Kevin story. He would help anyone, and now I am…

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by Cecilia Levine