Monday, April 28, 2014

John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK), New York

Man may lose legs in freak airport accident

A city Department of Education worker may lose both his legs after a truck knocked a concrete barrier onto him outside an aviation-school annex at Kennedy Airport on Monday, officials said.

The freak accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. as DOE contract manager Mark Drake, 47, of Maspeth, Queens, was standing alongside the barrier in a parking lot in front of the Q-750 Aviation HS Annex, said police sources and education officials.

A driver backing up a truck nearby apparently failed to see either the barrier or Drake. His vehicle struck the barrier, which then toppled onto Drake and crushed his legs, a source said. 


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