Verizon worker hit by truck while picketing
A picketing Verizon worker was hit by a truck in Boylston on Tuesday, reports The Boston Globe.
Anthony Davenport, 48, of Holden was picketing the Verizon building just after 8 a.m. when he was struck by a pole-digging truck, said Boylston Police Chief Anthony G. Sahagian. Davenport was taken to UMass memorial Medical Center in Worcester with injuries that were not considered life threatening.
The driver, Kevin Goodale, 37, from Vermont, was operating a truck owned by Verizon contractor Eustis Cable Enterprises Limited of Brookfield, Vt., police said. Goodale left the scene of the accident, but later returned voluntarily. He was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operation with a suspended driver’s license, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a car).
“This was not an employee of Verizon,” Rick Young, spokesman for Verizon, told the Globe. “We are deeply concerned that the vendor that supplied this contractor did not meet its obligations under the terms of our contract and we are taking every measure to address this failing on their part. We will continue our inquiry, as the safety of our employees and the public is of paramount concern.”
Read the full story in the Globe.
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