UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Pennsylvania State University
Collision with stationary object in roadway · Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was driving a vehicle through a tunnel on a campus road to the dumpsters. The bed was elevated and contacted the tunnel structure. The employee sustained a lacerated pancreas and a dislocated shoulder.
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