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Home Depot worker killed when drywall crashes down on him
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 24, 2019A Home Depot worker in Missouri was killed in an accident at a store in St. Peters early Tuesday.
The identity of the 60-year-old victim has not been released but police did confirm what happened, according to news reports.
A 60-year-old man died overnight following an accident at the Home Depot where he worked. https://t.co/UjgO5W3KiN
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The man was driving a forklift and when he exited the lift he was hit by falling drywall, also known as sheet rock, around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, KTVI-TV reported.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital where he later died.
