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Belfast city worker dies in fall from dump truck

Floating wooden docks were being placed in the back of the dump truck at the time of the accident.
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BELFAST, Maine — Officials say a Belfast public works employee died after falling out of the back of a dump truck. 

Officials say 69-year-old Stephen Mathieson, of Montville, hit his head when he tumbled to the ground late Thursday morning. 

He was pronounced dead at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. 

Floating wooden docks were being placed in the back of the dump truck at the time of the accident. 

It happened not far from the Front Street Shipyard.

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