Mount Pleasant Public Works employee Dan Huck was wearing a reflective vest and his vehicle’s flashers were on when he stepped into the road and was struck by Amy Hoecherl, 55, of Mount Pleasant and killed

Mount Pleasant Public Works employee Dan Huck was wearing a reflective vest and his vehicle’s flashers were on when he stepped into the road and was struck by a female driver of a car and killed




UPDATE: Mount Pleasant Public Works employee dies after being hit by car while on the job 

By: David Schuman 
Posted: Sep 18, 2018 8:30 PM CDT

Updated: 8:30 p.m. September 18, 2018

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (CBS 58) -- 

Amy Hoecherl, 55, of Mount Pleasant

Friends and neighbors are remembering Dan Huck as a beloved family man, employee, and neighbor.

"He just became a grandfather this July and he was very proud about that,” said Mary Siuta, who lived across the street from Huck for decades. “I feel very sad that he's not going to get a chance to see this granddaughter because it was a big event for him in his life."

Siuta also says Huck would shovel snow off the sidewalks for the people around him, and mowed the grass of an elderly neighbor.

Chief Tim Zarzecki of the Mount Pleasant Police Department says Huck was wearing a reflective vest and his vehicle’s flashers were on when he stepped into the road Monday and was struck by a car.

“The driver of the vehicle's been very cooperative,” Zarzecki said. “It was a sudden incident and quite shocking for all involved."

In a statement, the Village of Mount Pleasant said,


"We are heart-broken by the loss of Dan Huck. Dan was struck by a vehicle yesterday while doing his job. Our thoughts are with Dan's family as they grieve his loss. Dan was a 22-year veteran of the Village’s Sewer Utility. He will be missed by his co-workers. Dan is survived by two daughters and a grandchild."

"Most veteran people here knew him or knew of him,” Zarzecki said. “We're very sad to learn of his passing. The employees are dealing with it as best they can but it is quite devastating."

Zarzecki says there’s nothing to suggest at this time that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

No arrests have been made.

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Updated: 10:51 a.m. September 18, 2018

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Village of Mount Pleasant has confirmed that the Public Works employee hit by a car has died.

He has been identified as Dan Huck, a 22 year veteran of the Village's Sewer Utility.

According to the Mount Pleasant Police Department, Huck was marking utility locations along the median of Hwy 31 when he was hit by a car.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Posted: 8:40 p.m. September 17, 2018

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Mount Pleasant Public Works employee is in critical condition after he was hit by a car while on the job.

It happened around 1:00 p.m. Monday afternoon at Green Bay Road near Shirley Avenue in Mount Pleasant.

Police say the driver, a 55-year-old woman, was going northbound when she hit the worker.  She has been identified as Amy Hoecherl, 55, of Mount Pleasant.
He suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a Milwaukee hospital by helicopter.

Authorities do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash and say the worker was outside of his truck and wearing reflective clothing when the crash happened.


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Daniel Keith Huck, age 61, passed away Monday, September 17, 2018, at Froedtert Memorial Hospital following a tragic accident. Daniel was born in Racine, July 31, 1957, son of the late Richard and Magdelena (Nee: Lema) Huck.

Dan graduated from Washington Park High School, “Class of 1975” and attended U.W. Parkside. He was employed for the past 22 years by the Village of Mt. Pleasant. On May 19, 1984, he was united in marriage to Melissa L. Haas who preceded him in death April 20, 2010. Dan was a member of North Point United Methodist Church. He enjoyed bowling and for many years playing softball with the City of Racine Softball League. He also enjoyed his annual fishing trip with his brother-in-laws, painting, music, and dancing. Above all it was time spent with his family that he treasured most. He will be dearly missed.

Surviving are his daughters, Sara Huck, Leigh (Tim) McCarren, Christina Peters; grandchildren, Louise McCarren, Isaiah Robinson; his girlfriend, Michelle McCarthy; siblings, Larry (Ellen) Huck, Timothy (Karen) Huck, Kathleen (James) Pease, Jeanine Bozich; aunt Darlene (Rich) Larsen; in-laws, Steven (Michelle Zjala-Winter) Haas, Randall (Allison Ford) Haas, Jeff Haas, Sue (Michael Sommers) Haas, Rick (Patti) Haas, Linda Haas and Deb Lester; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and dear friends. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his brother Kevin and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jerome and Mary Haas.

Contract worker Jeffrey Lamar Wolfe, 43, was on a flat-bed truck, starting to unload water pipe when he fell from the truck and hit his head on the road, dying at the scene.

 Contract worker Jeffrey Lamar Wolfe, 43, was on a flat-bed truck, starting to unload water pipe when he fell from the truck and hit his head on the road, dying at the scene.

By Effingham Now


September 23, 2018



Effingham County, Georgia -

 
A Statesboro man died while unloading water pipe in Effingham County Sept. 19.

Coroner David Exley said Jeffrey Lamar Wolfe, 43, was on a flat-bed truck, starting to unload water pipe that was being installed underground along Blue Jay Road when the load apparently shifted. 

He fell from the truck and hit his head on the road, dying at the scene.

The accident occurred about 2 p.m. in the 2900 block of Blue Jay Road, between Hodgeville and Midland roads.

The coroner said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.

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By WTOC Staff

September 20, 2018

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GA (WTOC) - 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a contract worker in Effingham County.

It happened Wednesday afternoon on Blue Jay Road. Crews continue to work at the site where the worker had a tragic accident, falling off a trailer.

Some questions still remain and OSHA is working to find out more details. So far, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office says the victim was standing on the trailer, holding the water pipes being delivered. The victim’s name has not been released, nor has the company he was contracting for.

“I think OSHA is going to come in and investigate it as well, and it’s probably going to be a job-related accident,” said Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie, Effingham County Sheriff’s Office. “He had pulled up to unload the truck on the highway. That’s when he fell off and hit the highway.”

OSHA tells us they are sending an investigator to survey the area and continue the investigation.

A portion of Blue Jay Road was closed after the accident, but has since been reopened.

Brian Ricker (the owner of Clean Duct LLC out of Rincon, GA), Jeffrey Stites and 18-year-old Jake Sapp died on their way to a job site when their 2017 Ford Transit and a Hino box truck driven by Alton Soles, of Jacksonville, Fla., collided head-on on Highway 27

Brian Ricker (the owner of Clean Duct LLC out of Rincon, GA) (right) died in the crash.  Jake Sapp was the boyfriend of his daughter Alaina shown here next to him

18-year-old Jake Sapp is number 4

 This is a typical 2017 Ford Transit vehicle. 

Jeffrey Stites also died in the head-on collision

 Coroner identifies 3 men killed in Hawkinsville head-on collision
The three men killed in the wreck were on their way to a job in Albany, Georgia


Author: WMAZ Staff


September 17, 2018

The three people killed in a weekend wreck in Pulaski County have been identified.

According to Deputy Coroner Christopher Clark, it was a Savannah-area business owner and his two employees on their way to a job in Albany, Georgia.

Clark named the three as: Brian Ricker (the owner of Clean Duct LLC out of Rincon), Jeffrey Stites and 18-year-old Jake Sapp.

According to the Effingham Herald, Sapp had just graduated from South Effingham High in May 2018 and he played baseball for the school.

Details on how exactly the crash happened are under investigation, but Georgia State Patrol says a 2017 Ford Transit and a Hino box truck driven by Alton Soles, of Jacksonville, Fla., collided head-on around 7 a.m. Saturday on Highway 27.

The three men inside the Ford Transit were pronounced dead at the scene.

Soles was taken to the Medical Center in Macon. His condition is unknown.



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Mark Lastinger Effingham Herald
September 17, 2018


RINCON, GA — 

John DeRing was hundreds of miles away but his heartbreak was evident in Effingham County.

DeRing, a former South Effingham High School head baseball coach now in Ohio, learned that Jake Sapp, one of his former players, was killed in a fiery traffic accident Saturday morning in Pulaski County.

"It's just awful," DeRing said via telephone Sunday. "It's never good when somebody passes suddenly but, God Almighty, Jake was getting ready to join the real world. He was fresh out of high school."

Sapp, a 2018 graduate, died when the 2017 Ford Transit he was travelling in collided with a Hino box truck. He and the Transit's other two occupants, Rincon's Brian Ricker and Jeffrey Stites of Clean Ducts LLC, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Pulaski County coroner.

DeRing's memory bank is loaded with fond recollections of Sapp.

"Jake was an absolute blast to coach," DeRing said. "The biggest things that he brought to the ballpark everyday are that he was there and he was going to have a good time. He always kept us loose."

Sapp's fun-loving demeanor didn't detract from his competitiveness.

"I think his leadership ability was kind of under the radar," DeRing said. "A lot of the young kids looked up to him. And to top it off, he was a good baseball player."

Sapp led by deeds, not words.

"One thing that comes to mind is him hitting a pop-up against Richmond Hill last year," DeRing said. "They dropped it and it fell between the pitcher's mound and where the second baseman plays. Lo and behold, Jake was standing on third base.

"He went hard out of the box and didn't stop. He didn't even look for my signal coming from second (base) to third (base). I just looked up and — boom! — he was there. He was an impact baseball player.

"Without saying, he was a great young man. We had a ball coaching him. When he got on base, he had the ability to wreak havoc."

DeRing expressed deep sadness for Sapp's parents, Keith and Lori.

"They are wonderful people," he said. "His dad was an integral part of the booster club and just one of those guys that loved South Effingham baseball and was going to keep loving it even after his son was finished playing there."

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating Saturday's crash. The driver of the other vehicle, Adam Soles of Jacksonville, Fla., was transported to Medical Center, Nacient Health with serious injuries.
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By Effingham Now

Posted Sep 24, 2018 at 4:50 PM Updated Sep 24, 2018 at 4:55 PM


Alaina Ricker was crowned South Effingham High School homecoming queen on Friday, “fulfilling her Daddy’s last request.”

Her father, Brian Ricker, and her boyfriend Jake Sapp died in an automobile accident Sept. 15 in Pulaski County, along with family friend Jeffrey Stites of Savannah.

Sapp, 18, was a 2018 graduate of SEHS, where he was a starting outfielder. He was remembered with a moment of silence before the game. And before the fourth quarter, fans held up four fingers to honor Sapp, who wore No. 4.

Brian Ricker owned Clean Duct LLC in Rincon and Sapp and Stites worked for him. They were on their way to a job when they were killed.

Brian Ricker was married to Christi Ricker, who served on the Rincon City Council until this year.

Christi Ricker said Alaina becoming homecoming queen fulfilled her father’s last request.

The roof of Old Dominion Floor Co. Inc., in western Chesterfield County, VA collapsed after a tornado slammed the building and killing employee Ronald Douglas Bishop, 60.

Police Release Name of Victim From Tornado Event


September 18, 2018

Police

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – 

Chesterfield County Police have identified the victim killed during the tornado and subsequent building collapse on September 17, 2018. Police responded to 3350 Speeks Drive for a report of a tornado touching down and damaging several buildings in that area.

Police said Ronald Douglas Bishop, 60, died when the building he was in collapsed as the tornado moved through the area. Bishop, of the 11000 block of Coalboro Road, was an employee of the business that was severely damaged.



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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. - 

One person was killed after a building in Chesterfield County was hit by a tornado and collapsed Monday afternoon.

The roof of Old Dominion Floor Co. Inc., on Speeks Drive in western Chesterfield County, reportedly collapsed after a tornado slammed the business.

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down on Speeks Drive with wind speeds up to 125 mph.

Authorities said the person killed was 60-year-old Ronald D. Bishop, who was an employee of the business.

One other employee was transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Our sister station WRIC spoke with Eric Webster, an employee at Old Dominion Floor Co. Inc., about the tragedy.

"We were blessed to have him there," said Webster.
Webster has worked for the company for about a year, so he didn't know the victim well, but said that for the short time they knew each other, the victim made an impact on Webster's life.

"He was a very good man. Like he'd always lighten up people that were around him," said Webster.

Webster was supposed to be inside the building today during the storm but luckily was sent home.

"But one of the managers let me go home early today of all days," said Webster, "and then there was just instant panic in my house."

Also weighing heavy on him, Webster works in the far end of the building.

"Just thinking about the fact that if I was there, what would have happened, and just stuff like that," Webster said. It's just, I can't even think man."

Ironworker and welder Matthew Smith, 32, of Tilden, Illinois employed by Rock Branch Iron Works was killed while working on a construction site at Centralia Junior High School in southern Illinois.

Death of Man on Centralia Junior High construction job under investigation 

September 20, 2018 | by Bruce Kropp

An ironworker has died on the room addition project at Centralia Junior High School.

Marion County Deputy Coroner Doug Krutsinger says 32-year-old Matthew Smith of Tilden was using a welder before he was found passed out and unresponsive Thursday afternoon on a scissor lift by a co-worker. The worker had left four to five minutes earlier to get a drink of water.

Efforts to revive Smith on the scene were unsuccessful. He was later pronounced dead in the emergency room of St. Mary’s Hospital.

Krutsinger says no one saw what happened and it’s not clear what caused Smith to collapse. There were burns on his neck which could possibly indicate contact with something electrical.

Coroner Troy Cannon says an autopsy scheduled for Friday morning in Champaign will hopefully determine whether Smith came into contact with electrical current or experienced an unknown medical event. Foul play is not suspected at this time.

OSHA officials were also on the scene Thursday afternoon to investigate since the death was on a construction site.

Krutsinger says Smith was working to put up the skeleton for an addition to the junior high along the Pine Street side of the school. He worked for a subcontractor on the project, Rockbranch Iron Works in Coulterville.

Centralia Police and Fire initially responded to the call.
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Ironworker killed at southern Illinois construction site



Associated Press 



September 21, 2018

CENTRALIA, Ill. -- 

An ironworker was killed while working on a construction site at Centralia Junior High School in southern Illinois.

Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon said Friday that 32-year-old Matthew Smith of Tilden appeared to have been electrocuted. His death would have been instant.



Cannon said Smith had been using a welder operated by a gas generator. Smith was working with a supervisor at the time of the incident. However, that supervisor left for a few minutes and found a collapsed Smith when he returned.

John Schmitt of Iron Workers Union Local 392 says Smith, who had seven years of welding experience, was working with Rockbranch Iron Works on the project.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed on Friday the agency has opened an investigation into Smith's death.



Matthew Smith, age 32, of Tilden, IL, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 2:50 p.m. in St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, IL.

Matthew was born on November 1, 1985 in Sparta, IL, the son of Rodney E. and Annette M. (Vuichard) Smith. He previously worked at Pistol City, Coulterville, IL and currently worked as an ironworker for Rockbranch Ironworks Local 392. Matthew loved riding motorcycles and four-wheelers.

Survivors include his father, Rodney E. (Cathy) Smith of Tilden, IL; his paternal grandparents, Earl (Grace) Smith of Farmington, MO and Linda Woodside of Coulterville, IL; one sister, Maria Smith (Matthew Pierce) of Coulterville, IL; and two brothers, Zack (Jaycie) Wright of Marissa, IL and Jordan Wright (Abby Knope) of St. Louis, MO.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Annette Smith; his maternal grandparents, Charles “Chuck” and June Vuichard; and his paternal step-grandfather, Wilmer G. Woodside.