Accident.

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http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-blue-mountain-carbon-county-fatal-accident-20110922,0,6520028.story

 

By Tracy Jordan, Of The Morning Call 10:46 a.m. EDT, September 22, 2011

 

A 49-year-old Slatington man working for an excavation company at Blue Mountain Ski Area near Palmerton in Lower Towamensing Township was killed when the truck he was operating overturned on a ski slope Wednesday morning.

 

Carbon County Coroner Bruce A. Nalesnik identified the victim as Victor Bortz, an employee of Livengood Excavating & Paving, Walnutport. Nalesnik said no one witnessed the accident, but Bortz was apparently ejected when he lost control of the over-sized dump truck.

 

The cab of the truck remained upright and the dump body over-turned onto its side under a chair lift near the Lazy Mile, a ski run for beginners.

 

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[mbike-ski]

horrible to see deadly accidents in the construction industry - even more so to see locally at a place you know. prayers and vibes to his family

[trackbiker]

Of course this is terrible news. Condolences to family and friends.

Not to take away from the the tragedyy, but once again, a so called "reporter" makes a report that makes no sense. If the cab remained upright how was the operator thrown from the cab????

Did she think maybe that the cab did roll and then landed upright? No matter what happened, that reporter is clueless about what did happen and misinformed the public. "It's not about being right. It's about being first." No wonder the U.S. public is so misinformed about everything. Do they even teach critical thinking anymore? I would have thought they would in jounalism school at least.

Question everything.

[Shadows]

^could be way wrong here but that kind of dump has an articulating type cab no?

either way dude probably wasnt wearing his seat belt.

theres ROPS and one other kind of roll protection. most cabs on cats have to be able to hold up to the entire weight of the machine so dude just didnt hang on strong enough i suppose.

[snorovr]

Damn, sorry to hear about this... What are they using that kind of dump truck for up there? Waterpark construction?

[AtomicSkier]

Of course this is terrible news. Condolences to family and friends.

Not to take away from the the tragedyy, but once again, a so called "reporter" makes a report that makes no sense. If the cab remained upright how was the operator thrown from the cab????

Did she think maybe that the cab did roll and then landed upright? No matter what happened, that reporter is clueless about what did happen and misinformed the public. "It's not about being right. It's about being first." No wonder the U.S. public is so misinformed about everything. Do they even teach critical thinking anymore? I would have thought they would in jounalism school at least.

Question everything.

There was a pic in the morning call I believe, and the dump truck was lying on its side. Pretty sucky situation.