TEXARKANA CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN BACKHOE ACCIDENT
February 3, 2015
TEXARKANA, TX (KSLA)
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A Texarkana
construction worker is dead after a job related accident.
It happened around
12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of Moores Lane near Cowhorn Creek Road in
Texarkana, Texas.
Authorities say
61-year-old Jose Andrade of Texarkana, Arkansas, was a subcontractor for
Texarkana Construction Company. Andrade was working on a new road in the area
when he somehow became pinned between the backhoe and backhoe's boom arm and
died.
According to
Texarkana, Texas police, preliminary reports suggest that Andrade was standing
behind the tractor when the backhoe swung around and struck him, killing him
instantly.
Company officials on
the scene say Andrade had worked for the company for 12 years.
No other injuries
were reported.
The incident remains
under investigation.