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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; A road worker was taken to a hospital Tuesday after a dump truck ran over his legs and pinned him in a construction zone on Tuesday.</p><p>Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 4 Press Officer James May said a dump truck ran over the legs of a PennDOT employee, who was taken to a hospital with what appear to be non life-threatening injuries.</p><p>The accident occurred in a construction zone along state Route 29, near the Sugar Notch Exit, in Hanover Township. Luzerne County 911 received the report at 2:14 p.m.</p><p>Hanover Township police and fire departments responded along with Nanticoke and Ashley fire departments and Medic 9.</p><p>Falzone Towing used a crane to lift the vehicle off the man, according to a firefighter who referred a reporter to police for additional information.</p><p>May said no further information was immediately available. Township police said state police are handling the investigation. A state police dispatcher said no information was immediately available Tuesday evening.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Workers clear the scene of an accident along state Route 29, near the Sugar Notch Exit, in Hanover Township on Tuesday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_accident2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Workers clear the scene of an accident along state Route 29, near the Sugar Notch Exit, in Hanover Township on Tuesday afternoon. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Steve Mocarsky</p><p>smocarsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Steve Mocarsky at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @TLSteveMocarsky.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Road worker run over by dump truck in Hanover Township