By Associated Press - Monday, February 4, 2019

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) - Officials say a worker doing construction on central Florida’s massive highway expansion project was killed after being struck by a drainage pipe.

Orange County Fire Rescue tweeted Monday that the worker was struck by a 20-foot iron pipe.

Workers were moving the pipe when it fell and hit the worker in the head along Interstate 4 near Winter Park, Florida.



The sheriff’s office is investigating.

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