PORT ANGELES — A construction worker run over by a bulldozer Monday at the Port Angeles Regional Transfer Station was in critical condition in a Seattle hospital this morning.
Kyle Trussell, of Port Angeles was in critical condition in intensive care as of 10:20 a.m. today, said a Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman.
Trussell, a contractor working on the landfill bluff stabilization project in west Port Angeles, was injured Monday morning when another contractor, driving a Caterpillar bulldozer, didn’t see him and ran over him, said Deputy Chief Brian Smith of the Port Angeles Police Department.
As soon as the bulldozer operator realized what had happened, he backed the equipment off Trussel and called 9-1-1 for help, Smith said.
Trussel suffered substantial crushing injuries to his pelvis and legs, he said.
Smith said Trussel was transported to Olympic Medical Center and flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The landfill project is managed by Magnus Pacific Environmental Construction Services of Everett.
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