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An early-morning accident has left one man dead and another hospitalized in Central Austin. Reports say an Austin patrol officer came upon the accident just after 2:15 a.m. Monday, finding a car that had crashed into a light pole on Riverside, near I-35. Although both the driver of the car driver and its passenger were both taken to University Medical Center at Brackenridge, the passenger reportedly did not make it, and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Both men had…

The City of New York and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into the cause of death of a 25-year-old worker who was installing windows at an apartment under construction on East 67th Street, when he fell to his death from the 23rd floor. Worker Kevin Kelly apparently fell because a safety strap failed, spilling him 200 feet to the ground. Emergency services were called, and he was transported to the hospital. He was reportedly dead at…

A Bucks County, New Jersey man died after a ladder he had been using for a roofing and siding job hit power lines last month. Pawel Pieklo, 52, of Trenton, had just about finished his job at a Delran, Burlington County apartment complex on Route 130, when a ladder on which he was working touched overhead wires about 4:30 p.m., arcing electrical current through his body Another worker, and Jiri Niederle, 41, of Morrisville, Pa. tried to assist Pieklo. Niederle…

Austin patrol officers responded to an auto-pedestrian crash in the 5300 block of North IH 35 Southbound On Friday, January 29, 2010, at approximately 9:43 p.m.. Reports say that while a pedestrian was crossing the highway eastbound, he was struck by a dark colored extended cab pickup truck that fled the scene without stopping. The victim was then struck by at least five other vehicles, and was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured. The pickup truck…

When a Travis County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was flagged down at the Wal-Mart near Parmer Lane and IH 35 on April 26, 2010, at 1:01am in reference to a theft in progress, the deputy turned on the lights and siren of his marked patrol vehicle and headed to the scene. The deputy arrived as the theft suspects exited the parking lot, beginning a chase along Travis County streets. The deputy duly kept the vehicle in sight and called in his…