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Heights man killed in backhoe accident
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mar 31, 2006
LOCAL NEWS: Tri-Cities (Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell)
A co-owner of a Colonial Heights tree service was killed yesterday when a backhoe overturned on him at the Virginia State Police administrative headquarters site in Chesterfield County.
State police said Morris A. Wilkins, 69, of the 3100 block of Woodlawn Avenue in Colonial Heights, was part of a three-man Wilkins Tree Service crew removing debris and brush at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike when the backhoe overturned shortly before 1:40 p.m.
As Wilkins was backing up the backhoe, it began to overturn, partially threw him from the driver's seat and then came to rest on him, police said. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Police said the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating the death.
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Heights man killed in backhoe accident
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mar 31, 2006
LOCAL NEWS: Tri-Cities (Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell)
A co-owner of a Colonial Heights tree service was killed yesterday when a backhoe overturned on him at the Virginia State Police administrative headquarters site in Chesterfield County.
State police said Morris A. Wilkins, 69, of the 3100 block of Woodlawn Avenue in Colonial Heights, was part of a three-man Wilkins Tree Service crew removing debris and brush at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike when the backhoe overturned shortly before 1:40 p.m.
As Wilkins was backing up the backhoe, it began to overturn, partially threw him from the driver's seat and then came to rest on him, police said. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Police said the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating the death.
