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Posted: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 1:17PM

NY DOT Worker Struck, Killed at Upstate Work Site



FORESTPORT, N.Y. (AP/1010 WINS)  -- Authorities say a state transportation department employee has been struck and killed while directing traffic at a work zone in central New York.
   
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says 48-year-old Gary Farrell of Holland Patent was working as a flagman on Route 28 Monday when he was struck by a pickup truck in Forestport, 55 miles northeast of Syracuse.
   
Deputies say the 63-year-old woman driving the truck hasn't been charged, but their investigation is continuing.
   
Authorities say Farrell was with a crew working on roadside ditches when he was struck while holding a stop sign.

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