Newark Airport cargo employee killed

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Newark Airport cargo employee killed=0APosted by the Asbury Park Press on 0=
5/29/07=0ATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS=0A Post Comment =0ANEWARK =97 A cargo worker=
 at Newark Liberty International Airport died early this morning after he w=
as struck by a 750-pound piece of equipment used to stabilize the rear sect=
ion of a plane during loading and unloading.=0A=0ATimothy Gallagher, an emp=
loyee of Worldwide Flight Services, was towing a tailstand for an Eva Airli=
nes Boeing 747 when the 16.5-foot-tall structure fell over and struck him i=
n the head and upper torso, said Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port=
 Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.=0A=0AThe=
 incident happened just after midnight, about 12:25 a.m., outside Terminal =
B where planes are positioned when they are loading and unloading.=0A=0AHe =
was pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark at 1:22 a.m., DiFulco=
 said.=0A=0AThe Port Authority is investigating the accident, and the U.S. =
Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been briefed, he said.=0A=
=0AOfficials believe Gallagher was about 40 years old, and his last known a=
ddress was in Jersey City.

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