Mountain Valley Pipeline worker injured in ATV accident
By: Stacey Spivey
June 20, 2018
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VA -
A Mountain Valley Pipeline construction worker has been taken to the hospital after an utility vehicle accident Wednesday morning.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said they were called by pipeline worker around 10:55 a.m. on Wednesday about an ATV accident on Flatwoods Road and Bacchus Lane.
Deputies said an ATV had rolled over and injured one person.
A spokesperson for MVP and WQT tells WFXR News that worker was taken to the hospital for a non-life threatening injury.
The accident happened along the MVP construction right-of-way near Catawba Road.
Construction activity at that site was stopped for a short time to allow for a safety review and investigation, but work has resumed.