Thursday, September 7, 2017

Construction worker Barry P. Jones, 59, of Upper Darby, Pa. crushed to death by a bulldozer in Northeast Philadelphia










NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --

A bulldozer struck and killed a man at a construction site in Northeast Philadelphia, police say.

It happened at 6:15 a.m. Thursday in the 5100 block of Pennypack Street.

Fire department crews responded to a report of a construction worker struck by a bulldozer being operated by another employee.

The victim has been identified as Barry Jones of Upper Darby, Pa.

The construction site is located between I-95 and the Delaware River.



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PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) –– Authorities are investigating a fatal construction accident in Northeast Philadelphia.

It happened at a construction site in the 5100 block of Pennypack Street in Upper Holmesburg on Thursday morning.

That’s where police say a 59-year-old construction worker was run over by a bulldozer.

The worker has been identified as Barry Jones of Upper Darby.



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Man run over by bulldozer, killed in NE Philly 


September 7, 2017


 
by Joseph A. Gambardello, Staff Writer

An Upper Darby man was killed Thursday morning when he was run over by a bulldozer at a construction site in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.


Police identified the victim as Barry P. Jones, 59, of the 2200 block of South Harwood Street. He was pronounced dead by medics at 6:28 a.m. The accident occurred around 6:15 a.m. at the site on the 5100 block of Pennypack Street, near the Philadelphia Fire Academy in the Upper Holmesburg section.

Authorities said the bulldozer was being operated by another employee when his coworker was struck.

There were no additional details immediately available about the circumstances surrounding the accident.