A photo of the crash scene on June 21
/ photo: MSHA
FAYETTEVILLE -- The U.S. Department of Labor has released new details after a fatal accident at a local quarry earlier this month.
According to a statement from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the cause of a June 21 dump truck accident that killed 49-year-old Terry Johnson of Manlius was brake failure. The MHSA says Johnson and an unidentified passenger were driving a loaded 1957 Studebaker dump truck down an incline at the T.H. Kinsella Quarry when the truck “lost its brakes and went out of control”. Johnson and the passenger jumped out of the truck, but the truck ran over him and killed him.
The passenger suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from a local hospital.
The MHSA says Johnson had no mining experience, but did not indicate whether that factored into his death.
