THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, April 18, 1995 TAG: 9504180370
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
A city utility worker was in critical condition Monday after a high-pressure, sewer-cleaning hose apparently whipped out of control and hit her in the torso.
Lisa Colasanti was part of a two-person crew on a sewer-cleaning truck Friday when she apparently lost control of the hose, utilities director Jim Spacek said Monday.
Equipment failure was not a factor, he said.
The other worker, who was not identified, did not see the accident, Spacek said.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT GENERAL INJURIES by CNB