BILLERICA, Mass. — The 55-year-old who died Thursday in a worksite accident in Newton has been identified as Russell Harron, a Billerica man, the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday afternoon. That fatal incident occurred Thursday morning on Winchester Street in Newton.
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Newton Fire Chief Gino Lucchetti said the 55-year-old worker was killed when a wall of a concrete foundation broke off and fell to the ground, pinning Harron underneath. The DA’s office said they are awaiting a ruling from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Harron is the state’s 15th fatality on a worksite this year.
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