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Worker on front end loader hits, kills Florida deputy

Pinellas County sheriffs block off the interstate near I-275 and Roosevelt Blvd., where a manhunt continues on Friday, Sep 23, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael Hartwick, a Florida sheriff's deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.(Jefferee Woo

Shannon McDonald, Pinellas County Schools Police communications center supervisor, middle, and Barbara Baugher, K-9 officer, share a moment together near a make-shift memorial for Deputy Michael Hartwick, at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office headquarters on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Largo, Fla. Hartwick, a Florida sheriff's deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.(Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A front end loader remains at the scene where a forensic science investigator with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office investigates the scene on the westbound lanes of I-275 near Gandy Boulevard on Friday, Sep 23, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael Hartwick, a Florida sheriff's deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.(Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office headquarters on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Largo, Michael Hartwick, a Florida sheriff's deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.(Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Construction workers walk from the scene in the westbound lanes of I-275 near Gandy Boulevard on Friday, Sep 23, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Fla., where Deputy Michael Hartwick, 51, was hit and killed overnight. Michael Hartwick, a Florida sheriff's deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.(Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Worker on front end loader hits, kills Florida deputy