(KAYLA)
THANKS FOR JOINING
US TONIGHT.
I'M KAYLA GASKINS.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE
DIED IN AN INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENT IN SUFFOLK
TODAY.
IT HAPPENED THIS
AFTERNOON AT THE
SITE OF THE MUCH
ANTICIPATED AMAZON
FULFILLMENT CENTER.
NOW, INVESTIGATORS
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
TAMARA SCOTT HAS
THE LATEST ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORY.
WELL SEARCH
EFFORTS HAVE
STOPPED AT THIS POINT
AND THE CITY
CONFIRMED TO ME
THAT THERE WERE NO
OTHER INJURIES OR
VICTIMS IN THIS
ACCIDENT.
BUT THERE STILL IS AN
INVESTIGATION INTO
HOW 2 PEOPLE DIED AT
THIS CONSTRUCTION
SITE TODAY
(PKG)
RIT"S AN
INCIDENT WHERE TWO
PEOPLE LOST THEIR
LIVES THAT"S A
SOMBER SCENE NO
MATTER WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE.
CITY OF SUFFOLK
SPOKESMAN TIM
KELLEY SPOKE WITH US
TODAY AFTER 2 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED IN A
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
LOCATED AT THE SITE
FOR THE ANTICIPATED
AMAZON FULLFILLMENT
CENTER.
TODAY AROUND 2:13
DISPATCH REVIVED A
CALL ABOUT AN
ACCIDENT.
IN THAT ACCIDENT 2
PEOPLE DIED.
SUFFOLK FIRE AND
POLICE SPENT HOURS
SEARCHING FOR ANY
OTHER POTENTIAL
VICTIMS
RFROM MY EYES
THERE WAS DEBRIS
THEY WERE GOING
THROUGH TO MAKE
SURE THERE WERE NO
OTHER VICTIMS IN
THERE ALSO MAKING
SURE THERE WERE NO
DECEASED OR NOT
INJURED PARTIES
INVOLVED.
THEY DID THIS WITH
HELP FROM
CHESAPEAKE AND
VIRGINIA BEACH.
RI THINK
CHESAPEAKE AND
VIRGINIA BEACH AS
USUAL STEPPED UP TO
HELP US WITH THE
OPERATION HERE TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE
EQUIPMENT AND THE
PEOPLE THERE TO DO
THE JOB I NEED TO GET
DONE.
WE ARE TOLD THE TWO
VICTIMS WERE HERE
WORKING ON THE SITE.
HOWEVER THERE IS NO
OTHER IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION UNTIL
NEXT OF KIN IS
NOTIFIED.
THERE WERE NO
OTHER VICTIMS AND
EVERYONE HAS BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR.
FOR THE TIME BEING
ANY WORK ON THE SITE
HAS BEEN PAUSED.
RMY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE
CONTRACTORS WILL
HAVE AN ENGINEER
COME OUT TO LOOK AT
THE SITE THE WORK ON
THE SITE HAS CEASED
AT THIS TIME OR STOP
AT THIS TIME AND UNTIL
THOSE OPERATIONS
ARE DONE FOR THEM
TO CHECK THE SCEN
ON THEIR PART TO
MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE
AND SECURE FOR THE
WORK TO CONTINUE.
(LLOUT)
RTHERE IS STILL AN
INVESTIGATION BEING
HELD BY THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH
ASSOCIATION ALSO
KNOWN AS OSHA.
WE"VE REACHED
OUT FOR AN UPDATED.
WE ALSO REACHED
OUT TO AMAZON FOR
COMMENT. WE HAVE
NOT HEARD BACK FROM
EITHER. STAY WITH
WAVY TV WE WILL
BRING YOU THE LATEST.
(KAYLA)
