NORTH BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man was killed when a large steel pipe fell from a truck at a gas well site in Lawrence County and killed him.
Leonard Long, 60, of Glen Campbell was working at the Hilcorp gas/oil well site in North Beaver Township Monday morning around 11:15 p.m.
According to investigators, Long and his coworkers were trying to load and secure large sections of steel pipe and drilling equipment onto a truck.
That's when the pipe fell and struck Long, who was standing next to the truck.
No one else was hurt.
It's unclear if charges will be filed.
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