UPDATE: Worker Killed When Excavator Tips Over in East Hartford

EAST HARTFORD, CT — A worker was killed Wednesday when an excavator tipped over near a busy highway interchange, authorities said.

Currently, state police detectives from the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit are looking into the accident.

The scene unfolded at approximately 12:45 p.m. at the Route 2 westbound Governor Street overpass, where construction was taking place, state police said. When troopers arrived, a John Deere excavator was found on its side with the boom leaning over the overpass, state police said.

The operator of the excavator, identified as John Dubray, 60, of Bethlehem, CT, was ejected from the cab of the excavator, state police said. Dubray was transported to Hartford Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, state police said.

State Police detectives from the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit responded because their responsibilities include construction and work site equipment, state police said.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct a post-mortem examination to determine cause and manner of death, state police said.

Inspectors from the Department of Constructions Services, Office of the State Fire
Marshal are also assisting in the investigation, state police said.

Interstate-84 eastbound was closed along the Founder’s Bridge outbound lanes in East Hartford for about 90 minutes hours during the investigation.

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