Road Worker Flattened By Steam Roller

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Road Worker Killed By 25-Ton Roller

Austin, Texas — A Texas Department of Transportation employee was killed Sunday when he stepped in front of a moving 25-ton roller.

Sean Hayes, 49, of Cedar Park, was working at a road construction site in Cedar Park when the accident occurred, said John Hurt, a department spokesman.

Witnesses said Hayes stepped in front of the machine as it was backing up. The machine, known as a pneumatic roller, compacts pavement.

Hayes died instantly, Hurt said.

Cedar Park police said the death appeared to be accidental. No charges have been filed against the driver of the equipment, 37-year-old Antonio Garcia of Round Rock.

Hayes was working as a construction inspector when the accident occurred. He had been an inspector for the department since 1993, Hurt said.

"He was a very experienced man, and for some inexplicable reason, he walked out in front of one of those rollers," Hurt said. "We're stunned."

Hayes' death is the first fatality for the transportation department since 2001, Hurt said.

Cedar Park is 15 miles north of Austin.

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are these the same rollers that move two miles an hour and make that LOUD beep beep beep sound backing up? one of his co-workers probably lost a bet and pushed him into it.