Belfast Public Works employee dies after falling from dump truck

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A Belfast Public Works employee died Thursday morning. Officials say 69-year-old Stephen Mathieson of Montville was killed after he slipped and hit his head while loading maritime docks into a truck parked near the waterfront.

According to CBS 13, the accident happened not far from the Front Street Shipyard.

Deputy Chief Dean Jackson of the Belfast Police Department said Mathieson was in the back of a dump truck when he fell to the ground and struck his head.

He was pronounced dead at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.

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