Crime & Safety

Construction Worker Catches Foot in Cement Mixer in Newton

The incident happened at a work site on LaGrange Street; he has since been freed and taken to the hospital, the Newton Fire Department said.

NEWTON, MA – Firefighters removed a construction worker's foot from a cement mixer after he got it stuck at a work site on LaGrange Street.

The Newton Fire Department responded to the Kessler Woods development at 179 LaGrange St. shortly after 5 p.m., according to a post on the department's Twitter account.

The worker was extricated and taken to a hospital in Boston, the department wrote on Twitter.

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