PINE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 25-year-old man was killed after being hit by a falling utility pole.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Officer identified the victim as Victor Charles Boytos.
Boytos was part of a crew doing some work in Pine Township on Graham Road.
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Northern Regional Police Officers and the Forensics Investigations Unit were focused on a spot where that pole came down and killed Boytos.
The construction accident happened at the corner of Graham and Wallace Roads just before 3 p.m.
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Northern Regional police told Channel 11 crews were trying to install a new traffic signal.
They were in the process of putting it up with a crane when the chains holding the pole broke.
The 39-foot pole crashed down onto Boytos.
Police told us it's unclear If this was a failure of the machine, but the investigation is ongoing.
OCEA has been notified.
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