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NewsAugust 27, 1996

FRUITLAND -- A Bloomfield man was listed in stable condition Monday night at Southeast Missouri Hospital following a construction accident. The victim, Gary Hayes, 38, an employee of Lillie Ann Construction of Cape Girardeau, fell into a ditch for a sewer line on Walnut Street near the Mulberry Edition mobile home park near Fruitland about 4:30 p.m. Monday...

FRUITLAND -- A Bloomfield man was listed in stable condition Monday night at Southeast Missouri Hospital following a construction accident.

The victim, Gary Hayes, 38, an employee of Lillie Ann Construction of Cape Girardeau, fell into a ditch for a sewer line on Walnut Street near the Mulberry Edition mobile home park near Fruitland about 4:30 p.m. Monday

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He landed on his stomach on a shovel and was taken to the hospital by Cape County Private Ambulance service. Rescue workers from the Fruitland Area Fire Protection District and the Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded.

It was Hayes' first day on the job.

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