JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol continues their investigation after a man died at the Jamestown Landfill Saturday, October 27th.

The patrol reports that 65 year-old Danny Howard of Grand Forks was working at the landfill Saturday afternoon when a dump truck and a payloader struck and ran over him. He was pronounced dead at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

No one was in the dump truck. The operator of the payloader was not hurt.

According to the patrol, the payloader was trying to push start the dump truck. The contractor was walking in front of the dump truck when the payloader began to push the dump truck. Both vehicles ran over the contractor.

Howard was employed by On the Level Construction Inc. from Grafton. The company had been contracted by the City of Jamestown to conduct a cover project at the landfill and were working on the project at the time of the incident.

The Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, and Jamestown Ambulance Service assisted on scene.