Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Accident Kills JD Eckman Employee

Workers from J.D. Eckman walk by as rescue personnel work Tuesday to free construction workers partially buried while working under the Linden Street Bridge in Allentown.

The victim in Tuesday morning's construction accident on the Linden Street Bridge was identified as a 20-year-old Chester County man, the Lehigh County chief deputy coroner confirmed.

Michael J. Wilson
Michael J. Wilson of Downingtown, a member of a 10 man crew working for Atglen based JD Eckman,  died in a construction accident Allentown Tuesday morning.

Wilson and another construction worker, Otis Smothers of Coatesville, were partially buried Tuesday morning while working under the Linden Street Bridge in Allentown. Wilson was killed and Smothers was freed after a massive, 90-minute rescue operation.

You can read more about the accident here, here and here.

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