A worker was run over by a steamroller A worker died when he was blown off an overpass by freak high winds An inspector keeled over on-site from a brain aneurysm A van carrying transportation department workers to the site blew upThere are plenty of other examples, some of them not as spectacular—but definitely more lethal—than Amityville. Take the case of New Jersey Route 55, which was rebuilt through Deptford in the spring of 1983. A local Delaware Indian—either Carl Pierce or Sachem Wayandaga, depending on where you see him quoted—warned state planners that their proposed path for the road violated one of the local burial grounds of the tribe. But, being state bureaucrats, they didn’t pay any attention.
According to the Newark Star-Ledger, the following accidents befell the project:
A worker was run over by a steamroller A worker died when he was blown off an overpass by freak high winds An inspector keeled over on-site from a brain aneurysm A van carrying transportation department workers to the site blew upOff-site, during the first week of construction, four family members of project workers died unexpectedly. All for a seven-mile stretch of road.
The moral here is that when the local Indians tell you not to build a road, maybe you should listen.