Worker Dies in Accident at Disabled Japan Nuclear Plant

A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after the hatch at the back of a truck closed on his head Saturday, the latest mishap at a complex still struggling with the cleanup from the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant said the 52-year-old man was rushed to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead soon after. A man who was working with the victim told plant officials that he found him slumped at the back of a 7.9-meter-long (32-foot)...

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