Tuesday, July 26, 2016

West Virginia DOH worker dead after tree fall near New Haven, WV; second DOH worker to die in a week



West Virginia DOH worker dead after tree fall; second DOH worker to die in a week


By MetroNews Staff in News | July 26, 2016 at 8:06AM

NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — A worker with the state Division of Highways died Monday evening after a tree fell on him in Mason County, a DOH spokesperson said.

The incident on Union Campground Road near New Haven was the second involving a DOH worker in the past week. Last week, a Roane County DOH crew member was critically injured when a large rock rolled on top of him at a flood cleanup site near Amma. He remains in critical condition at a Charleston hospital.

The name of the worker killed Monday was not immediately released. He had worked for the DOH for about five years.