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A Prairie State Energy Campus worker was hospitalized after a construction accident. The 35-year-old man (his name has not been released) was working on the 13th floor when he was suffered a blow to the head from a piece of metal. John Felchlia, Washington County Ambulance Service Administrator told KMOX News that an on-site rescue team affiliated with the campus immobilized the man on that floor until rescue workers came. He was then lowered by crane to the waiting emergency vehicles.

The man was taken to a St. Louis hospital and his condition has not been released. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates there are approximately 13 injuries per 100 workers in the field of civil engineering construction.

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In a grand jury indictment, Daniel R.W. Mull was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol. Mull, 33, was driving one of two motorcycles involved in a fatal accident on October 3, 2009. Both Mull's passenger, Lisa Caradonna, 41, and the other motorcycle driver, William Guffey, 42, were killed in the accident. The other passenger, Alison Crandall, 21, was injured but survived while the driver of the truck, Jonathan Basden, 34, was uninjured.

Authorities say that Basden was making a left turn on U.S. Route 40 when both motorcycles attempted to pass his truck on the left side, hitting the driver's side of the vehicle.

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Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell pleaded guilty to two counts of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving. The wreck occurred on November 23, 2007, when prosecutors say Mitchell was driving 126 mph and using his cell phone when his car struck another carrying two teenage sisters. The girls, Jessica Uhl, 18, and Kelli Uhl, 13, died at the scene of the accident after their car was engulfed in flames.

The Illinois State Police has not yet said whether or not Mitchell will lose his job; he was suspended from the force with pay after the accident. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida has stated that he believes Mitchell will have his license revoked.

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