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Accident Summary Nr: 601237 - TWO EMPLOYEES DROWNED AFTER TRUCK OVERTURNED

Accident Summary Nr: 601237 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/31/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101269199	01/19/1988	7381	0	Brink'S Incorporated Of Florida

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON DECEMBER 31, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING AN ARMORED TRUCK EASTBOUND ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS RIDING IN THE BACK. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A MASSIVE CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE HIGHWAY, TRAVELLED 300 FEET ON THE SHOULDER, HIT AN EMBANKMENT, AND FLIPPED OVER. THE VEHICLE LANDED RIGHT SIDE UP IN A CANAL APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET DEEP AND BECAME SUBMERGED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ON JANUARY 5, 1988. DROWNING WAS LISTED AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN BOTH CASES.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, CANAL, HEMORRHAGE, TRUCK, DROWN, LOST CONTROL, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, OVERTURN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101269199			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	101269199			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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