ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - An Elkins sanitation worker has died in an off-duty accident, city officials said Wednesday.
The staffer, 53-year-old Byran Shockey, died Saturday when a masonry chimney he was demolishing with a relative fell on him, according to a news release.
Shockey, a Cravensdale resident, had worked for the city’s sanitation department since 2015 and was employed as a loader.
He was married with two adult daughters. Shockey was described by a sanitation supervisor an outdoorsman who loved fishing, hunting and running his dogs.
“He will be greatly missed,” said Bob Pingley, the operations manager for the City of Elkins.
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