Man run over by truck carrying wood chipper in Cecil Township

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CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man was run over by a truck that was carrying a wood chipper Wednesday morning in Cecil Township, emergency dispatchers said.

The accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. along Fawcett Church Road.

Investigators told Channel 11′s Cara Sapida that the truck carrying the chipper either lost its brakes or the driver lost control and hit into a man who was standing in front of a stump grinder, trapping him between the truck and the stump grinder.

The victim was taken to the hospital with a leg injury. OSHA has been called in to investigate.

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