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BULLETIN--3/18/11 7:55AM--SERIOUS FRONT END LOADER ACCIDENT |
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A WOMAN RUN OVER BY A POTSDAM VILLAGE PUBLIC WORKS FRONT-END LOADER WAS AIRLIFTED FROM CANTON-POTSDAM HOSPITAL EARLY THIS MORNING. POLICE TOLD 99 NEWS THE WOMAN, BELIEVED TO BE IN HER MID-20’S WAS BACKED OVER BY THE MACHINE IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE PROSH BUILDING AT 4:37AM. SOURCES TOLD US A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT WAS CONSOLING THE WOMAN UNTIL THE POTSDAM RESCUE SQUAD ARRIVED; SHE APPARENTLY LOST FEELING IN HER LEGS. POLICE TOLD US THEIR INVESTIGATION SO FAR HAS DETERMINED THE DPW IS NOT AT FAULT. THE NAME OF THE ACCIDENT VICTIM AND OTHER DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED LATER AS THE POLICE INVESTIGATION MOVES FORWARD.
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