Bulldozer mishap kills one in Waynesboro, house and church struck
WAYNESBORO — A man was killed Monday morning in Waynesboro after an unoccupied bulldozer got loose from a construction site, according to the Waynesboro Police Department.
Sgt. Evan Bourne, a Waynesboro police spokesperson, said the bulldozer killed a 59-year-old Harrisonburg man at the construction site and continued traveling for about 200 yards or so before hitting a home at the intersection of Grambling Drive and North Oak Lane.
The bulldozer also damaged the Oak Hill United Methodist Church, police said.
Shortly before 8:30 a.m., officers responded to a construction site in the 1800 block of Lyndhurst Road. A preliminary investigation by the first responding officers determined the unoccupied bulldozer, while in motion, impacted a member of the construction crew working on site.
The bulldozer proceeded east to North Oak Lane before hitting Oak Hill United Methodist Church and then a residential structure, where it came to a stop in the 300 block of North Oak Lane.
Investigators from the Occupational Health & Safety Administration responded to the scene. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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