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August 27, 2008

Dockworker dies at Port of Oakland

By JOURNAL STAFF

OAKLAND, Calif. — A dockworker at the Port of Oakland died Saturday when he was knocked off a container ship and drowned, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The worker, 77-year-old Delmont Blakeney, was supervising the off-loading of shipping containers from the NYK Starlight when a container hit him.


 
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