Freak Accident Involving LI Construction Crew Kills Man

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY – A construction worker was killed and another worker is in critical condition after a freak accident in Port Jefferson Station Friday afternoon.

According to Suffolk Police, 41-year-old Bryan Masem was driving his 2016 Chevy pickup truck southbound on Bicycle Path, when he passed a construction crew that had a cable guide wire lying on the ground across the roadway near 617 North Bicycle Path at about 1:30 p.m.

The construction crew was preparing to hoist the wire into place above the roadway. As Masem’s vehicle passed over the wire, it became entangled with the undercarriage of the truck, pulling the wire taut and causing the truck to flip. Three construction workers on the ground became entangled in the cable and dragged, police said.

Arthur Oldakowski, 22, of Maspeth, Queens, was transported to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson where he was pronounced dead. Rodrigo Corrales, 50, of Corona, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is in critical but stable condition. Anes Music, 23, of Glendale, was also taken to Stony Brook with minor injuries.

Masem, of Yaphank, was not injured. No criminal charges have been filed.