{"id":121461,"date":"2023-03-06T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=121461"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:14:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:14:21","slug":"state-police-investigate-fatal-industrial-accident-in-herkimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=121461","title":{"rendered":"Troopers investigate fatal industrial accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 58-year-old Lee Center resident was killed after being pinned beneath a piece of traffic equipment March 3, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At about 11:40 a.m., troopers responded to Marcy Excavation Services, 5835 State Route 5, Herkimer, for a reported male pinned underneath a truck; upon arrival, they discovered Travis C. Ernst pinned underneath a traffic attenuator that was attached to the back of a truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernst, a mechanic at the company, was working on the attenuator when it fell on top of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personnel on the scene were able to free him and contact 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernst was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel from MOVAC and the Herkimer Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scene was consistent with an industrial accident; there were no signs of foul play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 58-year-old Lee Center resident was killed after being pinned beneath a piece of traffic equipment March 3, 2023. At about 11:40 a.m., troopers responded to Marcy Excavation Services, 5835 State Route 5, Herkimer, for a reported male pinned underneath a truck; upon arrival, they discovered Travis C. Ernst pinned underneath a traffic attenuator that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}