The 61-year-old victim was struck and killed by an excavator, according to public safety officials in Dutchess County.

Authorities say one person was killed in heavy equipment accident. According to emergency dispatchers, the one-vehicle crash happened along Oden Street in Confluence near the VFW Monday afternoon.

A contractor was injured in a Friday afternoon accident at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in Colerain Township. Officials said a contractor was injured in a 1 p.m. accident involving heavy equipment.

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