Backhoe Operator Charged with Manslaughter [VIDEO]

Jan. 24, 2022

The operator of a backhoe loader that hit and killed a pedestrian has been charged with manslaughter in New York. The job site supervisor was also charged.

The accident occurred in Brooklyn in March 2021. The incident was caught on surveillance video. According to published reports, the excavator bucket hit the woman in the head, and the machine continued to run over her.