62 year old MTA contractor dies after being crushed by an industrial battery being unloaded from a truck in the Bronx, NYC, during construction / renovation project

A MTA contractor was killed by a 2700 pound industrial battery that fell of a crate that he was unloading from a truck. The accident happened at the Throgs Neck Expressway facility near Pennyfiels Ave in the Bronx, NY. The workers at the facility are operating and maintaining the Throgs Neck Bridge. The contractor was part of a team who was working on upgrading the electrical infrastructure at the site.