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2nd Worker Hurt In Upstate NY Asphalt Plant Explosion Dies

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published November 4, 2016 at 11:53 PM EDT

The second of three workers injured in an explosion at an upstate New York asphalt plant has died.

A lawyer for the plant's parent firm, the Gorman Group of Albany, tells the Times Union that 42-year-old Al Crowter died Thursday at Westchester Medical Center. He and two co-workers were injured Oct. 17 in an explosion at the Mohawk Asphalt Emulsions plant in the Schenectady County town of Glenville.  One of the co-workers died Oct. 19 at the same hospital.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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