Updated at 7:39 p.m., Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Tree kills state highway worker on Kaua'i
Advertiser Staff
LIHU'E, Kaua'i—A 30-year-old state highway employee was killed today when he was hit by a tree he was cutting along Kuhio Highway.State Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Ishikawa said the Lihu'e man, who has not been identified, was working with a chain saw as part of a road crew near the Kalihiwai Bridge.
The team was clearing brush and trees along the road when the man was struck by a tree he was cutting about 1 p.m. No other workers were hurt.
The Department of Transportation has launched its own investigation into the incident, and will supply its result to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is also expected to look into the incident.
Ishikawa said the victim was a nine-year Department of Transportation employee.
