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ODOT employee dies on job
11/30/2009
November 30, 2009                                    For more information: Rick Little (541) 726-2442
11-323-R2                                                                   mailto:richard.little@odot.state.or.us
 
ODOT employee dies at work  
 
SANTIAM JUNCTION — A maintenance employee with the Oregon Department of Transportation died today while working at an ODOT’s Santiam Junction Maintenance Station, located on U.S. 20 near Sisters.
 
A fellow worker found 60-year old James Michael Yankey lying on the ground near a snowplow at approximately 2:00 p.m. Yankey was unresponsive. The fellow employee administered CPR, but Yankey never regained consciousness.
 
Since no one witnessed what happened, the exact details remain unknown.  Oregon State Police will conduct an investigation.
 
Yankey began employment with ODOT on February 9, 2009 as a transportation maintenance specialist.   
 
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