Published 14 days ago

Steel cylinder breaks free at work site, kills woman walking down Pittsburgh sidewalk

A woman was killed at a construction site in Pittsburgh by a steel drum rolling several hundred feet and striking her on the sidewalk.
The incident happened around 10:40 a.m. At the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance center, as per reports from TribLive, WPXI, and WTAE.
Pittsburgh police spokesperson Emily Bourne mentioned that the heavy steel drum was either knocked over or dislodged from equipment, rolling down a hill and causing the fatal accident.

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