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Minnesota Department of Transportation
employees are memorializing agency workers killed on the job in the
last 50 years.


      The agency is observing a Workers Memorial Day in ceremonies in
St. Paul, Rochester and Mankato on Thursday. In all, 46 workers
have died while working on MnDOT construction and maintenance
projects since 1960.


      Gov. Mark Dayton and Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel will
speak at the Mankato event, which is at noon at the agency's
headquarters in that city. That was the home base of MnDOT employee
Mike Struck, who was killed on March 22 when the backhoe he was
using to clear debris along Highway 169 was pulled into
floodwaters.

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Minnesota Department of Transportation
employees are memorializing agency workers killed on the job in the
last 50 years.


Dayton to help honor MnDOT workers killed on job

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