MANSFIELD, Mass. —
A driver is dead after a fiery crash involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 early Saturday.
State police said they responded to a report of a crash near the rest area in Mansfield around 5:30 a.m. and found a truck had hit a disabled tractor-trailer in the breakdown lane. The truck caught fire as a result of the crash.
The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. State police have not identified the driver.
A preliminary investigation indicates the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed in the breakdown lane before the crash.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 56-year-old man from Providence, Rhode Island, suffered minor injuries and refused immediate medical treatment.
The right two lanes of I-95 were closed as a result of the investigation.
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MANSFIELD, Mass. -- The driver of a pickup truck was killed early Saturday after colliding with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Mansfield, Massachusetts State Police have reported.
Troopers from the Foxboro barracks responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash near the 10 mile marker on I-95 northbound around 5:25 a.m.
The driver of a 2015 Ford F250 pickup truck, which appeared to have struck the rear of a 2015 Kenworth tractor-trailer, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police reported.
The victim's identity was not released.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 56-year-old Providence, Rhode Island man, sustained minor injuries in the crash, but refused immediate medical treatment, according to state police.
A preliminary investigation into the crash suggests that the driver of the pickup truck was traveling at a high rate of speed in the breakdown lane before striking the tractor-trailer, which was disabled in the breakdown lane with a flat tire, state police have reported.
The F250 immediately caught fire upon crashing into the rear of the trailer, police said.
The right two lanes of the road remained closed as of 10 a.m., as emergency crews continued work to extricate the victim.
Troopers assigned to the State Police Foxboro Barracks and the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office are investigating the scene.
The Troop H Headquarters, State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section, State Police Crime Scene Services Section , Mansfield Fire, Mansfield EMS, North Attleboro Fire Department and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation assisted on scene.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -- A car traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 94 crashed head on with another car, killing three and injuring one.
The scene of a two-vehicle crash, along Interstate 94 in Dunn County on Thursday night.
According to a release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, at about 5:44 p.m. on Thursday the Eau Claire State Patrol Post received multiple complaints of a black car that had crossed the median and was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-94 near milepost 37.
About three miles later near the Village of Knapp, the black car crashed head on with a gray car traveling eastbound. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office said the gray car started on fire and all three people inside died. The driver of the black car was flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of the family. The Wisconsin State Patrol is still investigating the crash.
DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -- All lanes of Interstate 94 were reopened by 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Wisconsin State Patrol.
The crash remains under investigation.
A member of Wisconsin State Patrol told WEAU 13 News two vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 on Thursday evening.
As of 7:50 p.m. one lane in each direction has been reopened and crews are still on the scene investigating the crash.
All lanes of Interstate 94 are currently being blocked off due to a crash.
According to a release from the Wisconsin State Patrol, the crash happened at 5:45 Thursday night at Mile Marker 34. This is a developing story. Keep it here for any more information
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MENOMONIE, Wis. - A wrong-way driver crashed head on with another vehicle near Menomonie, leaving three people dead and another injured.
The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened about 5:44 p.m. Thursday. Dispatchers had received multiple complaints about a black car that had crossed the median and was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-94 near milepost 37.
(Photo: Wisconsin State Patrol)
About three miles later the black car crashed head on with a gray car traveling eastbound near the Village of Knapp. The gray vehicle started on fire and all three people inside did not survive. The driver of the black car was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
At this point it is unclear if the driver of the wrong-way vehicle will face criminal charges, or if alcohol or drugs were involved.
The three people who were killed have been identified as Adam Gene Kendhammer, 32; Jeremy Andrew Berchem, 27; and Bryan Edward Rudell, 29.
KARE 11 News spoke with family members of Berchem. They say they're still realizing that he's gone.
"I just hope he knows how significant he was and how much everybody loved him. We’re a really small family, there’s only a few of us and it changes the dynamics of everything and so there’s always going to be a big hole, a missing presence" said Jill Wisner, Berchem's sister.
"I really looked up to him. He was so smart. He was so full of character and its been really hard," said Ari Wisner, Berchem's niece.
21st Century Signs Crane snaps, falls on worker at CVS
Witnesses said he was fixing signs when the crane snapped and fell over, shooting hydraulic fluid from the truck
By Justin Strawser
The Daily Item
SUNBURY, Penn. — A contractor fixing signs at the CVS store was left with chest and leg injuries Friday when a crane he was working on snapped and fell at least 15 feet to the parking lot, landing on top of him.
The Williamsport-based 21st Century Signs employee arrived at 9 a.m. to fix a few of the letters on the front of the store and had moved to the digital sign along North Fourth Street. Witnesses said before he reached the sign shortly after 10:30 a.m., the crane snapped and fell over, shooting hydraulic fluid from the truck.
Late Friday, Bill Miller, a manager at 21st Century, declined to give the employee's name, but said, "He's doing better."
"All you heard was a snap," said customer Bruce Laise Sr., of Sunbury. "It sounded like someone took a steel beam and snapped it."
Laise, who was leaving the CVS store when the accident occurred, said he watched the man fall legs first and the crane fall on top of him. Laise called 911.
Larry Weiser, a CVS employee, said he rushed outside and turned off the truck to stop the hydraulic fluid from "shooting out the top" of the damaged vehicle.
The man was about 15 feet from the ground when he reached the bottom of the digital sign, Laise and Weiser said.
"He was shaken up," Weiser said.
The man was taken to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville by the Americus Hose Ambulance Services. Hospital officials must have a patient's name to provide a condition, so that information was not available Friday night.
Sunbury Patrolman Stephen Mazzeo said the man's "chest was caved in." He appeared alert and conscious as EMTs stabilized him and moved him to the ambulance.
A name was unable to be obtained immediately because the man didn't answer intelligibly, Mazzeo said.
Battalion Chief Ron Rupp, of the Rescue Hose Company, said Northridge Group Inc. was called to clean up the hydraulic fluid and that representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating the incident.
Responding units included the Rescue Hose, Americus Hose, Friendship Hose, Sunbury Steam, city fire police and the Northumberland County Emergency Management Agency.
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SUNBURY, PA– A worker was hurt when a crane he was working on collapsed in Northumberland County.
A contractor was fixing a sign at CVS on South Fourth Street in Sunbury around 10 a.m. when the crane he was working on collapsed, and he fell off, according to the Sunbury fire chief.
The name of the worker and his condition were not released. The fire chief said his injuries were not life-threatening.
Around 50 to 100 gallons of hydraulic fluid spilled from the truck.
The CVS store remained open.
By Allan Brettman
abrettman@oregonian.com
The Oregonian/OregonLive
A 32-year-old McMinnville man was killed Wednesday morning in a logging accident near Tillamook, officials said.
Casey Schlundt was killed when logs he apparently was standing on shifted, breaking a cable and dropping the logs and him 45 to 50 feet, according to the Tillamook County Sheriff's Office. The accident, on a logging site about 5.5 miles above Gold Creek Road in Tillamook, was reported at about 8:50 a.m. Hofenbredl Timber of Willamina is logging on the site.
Schlundt was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office and Oregon OSHA are investigating the incident, a news release says.
Here is info on Casey from his Facebook pages:
Intro
Chaser at Hofenbredl Timber
Chaser at Cross & Crown Inc.
Former Flight Deck at Cessna Aircraft
In a relationship with Adrianne Wood.
Between 2012-2016, forestry and logging accounted for 26 deaths in Oregon – nearly 18 percent of the 147 deaths in all industries reported in the state for that span, according to Oregon OSHA. That's among the highest rates for any Oregon industry.
In Washington, there have been 22 forestry and logging from 2012 through this year, according to the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Contact Information
Hofenbredl Timber
25850 Salmon River Highway
Willamina, OR 97396
Contact: Larry J Hofenbredl
Title: Owner
Phone: 503-879-5000
Website:
Hofenbredl Timber is the only company located at 25850 Salmon River Highway, Willamina, OR 97396
Business Description
Hofenbredl Timber is located in Willamina, Oregon. This organization primarily operates in the Logging business / industry within the Lumber and Wood Products, Except Furniture sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 29 years. Hofenbredl Timber is estimated to generate $6 million in annual revenues, and employs approximately 35 people at this single location.
Sector: Lumber and Wood Products, Except Furniture
Category: Logging
Industry: Logging
SIC Code: 2411
TIMMINS, Ont.—Orbit Garant Drilling Services Inc., a Quebec-based mining company, has been fined $200,000 after a worker exiting a bulldozer was killed by a falling tree at a drilling site in northeast Ontario.
The incident took place at an Orbit Garant Drilling Services Inc. site outside Timmins, Ont. in June 2014 when two workers were finishing their shift.
The Ministry of Labour said a number of factors led to the incident, including the workers traveling on a bush road not approved by the company due to poor conditions on the typical route and the two workers riding in a single bulldozer cab because of a broken down ATV—something that’s against procedure.
When one of the workers stepped out of the cab of the bulldozer, a standing dead tree—known in the logging industry as a chicot—fell. The 2,000 pound tree struck the cab door and fatally injured the worker.
The court found Orbit Garant did not take every reasonable precaution to protect its workers—pointing to the company’s failure to remove all dead trees from the route in and out of the work site. It said the company should have known the workers would not walk through the soft and muddy conditions on the normal route to the drilling area.
Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. (TSX: OGD) is one of Canada’s largest
mineral drilling companies, providing services to major, intermediate
and junior mining companies through all stages of exploration,
development and production. Regardless of the location, terrain,
climate, geology or soil, our team meets our client’s specific
requirements by providing them with the samples they need.
