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FHP: Construction worker dies after dump truck backs into him

 
Published Sept. 10, 2015

TAMPA — A construction worker was killed late Wednesday night when a dump truck he was standing behind backed into him, Florida Highway Patrol troopers reported.

Kimbrough W. Haines III, 26, was working with a crew at 11:23 p.m. in the northbound lane on the Veterans Expressway, north of Hillsborough Avenue, when he was struck. The crew was conducting pavement work.

Haines, of Tampa, died at the scene.

Ruben Borrego Garcia, 20, of Tampa, was driving the dump truck, troopers reported, and 18-year-old Rocio Gascon was in the passenger seat.

The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.