Tarrytown Issued Citations for Manhole Deaths

The New York State Labor Department has cited the Village of Tarrytown for lapses in protocol in the  deaths of  a Department of a Public Works employee and a village firefighter in September.

Anthony Ruggiero and John Kelly died  September 6 of asphyxiation after breathing in toxic sewer gases after they went into a manhole behind a firehouse in the village on Sheldon Avenue.

Initially, Ruggiero went down attempting to clear a sewer blockage and was overcome by the fumes. Kelly also succumbed to the toxic fumes after he went down to assist Ruggiero.