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Worker at Tampa International Airport tried to escape excavator before fatal fall, report says

By Tony Marrero,

3 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=29gyQA_0vU72vEe00 — A Tampa International Airport police officer is seen near a toppled excavator near the airport’s Blue Arrivals on July 31. According to a police report released Thursday, witnesses said Cesar Hernandez Donu tried to escape the machine before it fell off a tramway but was unable to get out in time. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]

TAMPA — A construction worker who died when the excavator he was operating plunged off a guideway at Tampa International Airport in July tried to escape from the machine before it fell more than 60 feet, according to a newly released police report.

The Tampa International Airport Police Department report released Thursday includes witness accounts of what led to the excavator falling off a tram guideway on July 31.

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