Worker struck and injured by a runaway truck

A man was run over and injured by a truck that was towing a wood chipper on October 27, 2021, in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania.

The truck either lost its brakes or the driver lost control and struck a man who was standing in front of a stump grinder, trapping him between the truck and the stump grinder. The victim was taken to the hospital with a leg injury, according to a WPXI-TV Channel 11 News report.

Submitted by Douglas Bozich, owner of a tree service in Pittsburgh, Penn..

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