Thursday, December 21, 2017

Construction worker Victor Charles Boytos, 25, of West Mifflin was killed when a 39-foot traffic light pole fell on top of him in Pine Township, PA the chain from the crane broke and fell on top of the worker






Person killed in apparent construction accident on the corner of Graham Rd in Pine Twsp.

PINE TOWNSHIP, PA (KDKA) — A construction worker was killed Wednesday afternoon when a utility pole fell on top of him in Pine Township.

Around 2:30 p.m., police say the 39-foot traffic light pole fell onto 25-year-old Victor Boytos, of West Mifflin. The accident happened on Graham Road, at the intersection of Wallace and Warrendale roads in Pine Township.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner was called to the scene, and traffic was at a standstill.

Northern Regional Police say Boytos was killed when the pole came crashing down on top of him.

According to police, crews were using a crane to put up new traffic light poles in the area when the chain from the crane broke and fell on top of the worker. He was pronounced dead on scene.

Other lights were installed across Warrendale and Wallace roads at the three way intersection.

Later in the evening, a worker was sent to the scene to put up orange netting to secure the site.

The township manager says the worker that was killed is not a township employee. He says the roads are state roads, so the installation was being completed under a PennDOT-issued permit and the developer brought in their own contractor.

Officials with PennDOT said they won’t be able to find out who the developer is until Thursday morning.

OSHA is also investigating the incident, and police say they’re meeting with them on Thursday morning as well.



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PINE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

One man is dead after a utility pole fell on top of a 25-year-old worker in Pine Township on Wednesday.

Officials identified the man as Victor Boytos, 25, of West Mifflin.

Police said workers were installing new traffic lights at the intersection of Warrendale Road and Graham Road when one of the polls holding traffic lights fell on top of him.




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PINE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - 


A 25-year-old man was killed after being hit by a falling utility pole.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Officer identified the victim as Victor Charles Boytos.

Boytos was part of a crew doing some work in Pine Township on Graham Road.

Northern Regional Police Officers and the Forensics Investigations Unit were focused on a spot where that pole came down and killed Boytos.

The construction accident happened at the corner of Graham and Wallace Roads just before 3 p.m.


Northern Regional police told Channel 11 crews were trying to install a new traffic signal.

They were in the process of putting it up with a crane when the chains holding the pole broke.



The 39-foot pole crashed down onto Boytos.

Police told us it's unclear If this was a failure of the machine, but the investigation is ongoing.

OCEA has been notified.