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Deadly Davenport Warehouse Accident

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A Kentucky man is dead following an accident at the Estes warehouse in Davenport.

Police were called to the warehouse on West River Drive around 8:45 Tuesday night. They found 50-year-old Eugene Perry of Owensboro, Kentucky pinned between a dolly and semi-trailer.

According to police, Perry was working alone in the yard while hooking up the dolly to the trailer. He was standing between the two, when the trailer rolled backward, pinning him.

Perry was declared dead at the hospital.

 

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