{"id":53365,"date":"2019-09-23T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/breaking-construction-worker-injured-by-docks-downtown\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T19:41:57","slug":"breaking-construction-worker-injured-by-docks-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/breaking-construction-worker-injured-by-docks-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction worker injured near docks downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

A construction worker with Trucano Construction Corporation was injured at a work site in downtown Juneau Monday afternoon after someone drove through a barrier at the downtown public library parking garage, authorities say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Juneau<\/a>

Juneau Police Department officers and Capital City Fire\/Rescue personnel respond to an accident at the Downtown Public Library on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. A construction worker was injured at a work site after a driver reportedly drove through the library parking barrier. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Juneau police officers and medics with Capital City Fire\/Rescue responded to the scene at the Archipelago Lot Project near the cruise ship docks at about 12:30 p.m. The injured worker, whose name was not immediately released, was identified only as a 50-year-old man.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Police said a black 2008 Ford Explorer SUV drove through a barrier on the bottom floor of the library’s parking lot, breaking through to the adjacent work site, police said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“The driver was parking when his foot slipped from the brake pedal, to the gas pedal, accelerating the vehicle forward,” JPD Lt. Krag Campbell wrote in a police release<\/a>. “… The construction worker was welding on the I-beam that was laying down, directly in front of where the vehicle broke through the barrier. The force of the impact knocked the I-beam over, and onto the worker’s lower legs.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The car went from a dead stop to full acceleration before breaking through the barrier, said security guard Zachary Tullier, who witnessed the event.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Juneau<\/a>

Juneau Police Department officers and Capital City Fire\/Rescue personnel respond to an accident at the Downtown Public Library on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. A construction worker was injured at a work site after a driver reportedly drove through the library parking barrier. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

CCFR Assistant Chief Ed Quinto said on scene that the worker was trapped beneath the beam. The man’s co-workers used a forklift to lift the beam off him and pull him out, Tullier said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The injured worker was conscious and breathing when he was taken from the construction site, said JPD Sgt. Jason Van Sickle. The man was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Capital<\/a>

Capital City Fire\/Rescue EMTs transport an injured person to an ambulance downtown near the cruise ship docks on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

The 76-year-old driver was not injured, Quinto said. Police said there were no visible signs of alcohol or drug impairment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The construction site shut down for the day, and police said the investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Juneau<\/a>

Juneau Police Department officers and Capital City Fire\/Rescue personnel respond to an accident at the Downtown Public Library on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. A construction worker was injured at a work site after a driver reportedly drove through the library parking barrier. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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