6th worker dies of injuries from power plant explosion in Connecticut

6th person dies from Conn. power plant explosion

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A sixth person has died from injuries received in a Feb. 7 power plant explosion in Connecticut.

Middletown Police say that Kenneth Haskell of New Durham, N.H., died Friday afternoon at Hartford Hospital.

The police say the 37-year-old Haskell was a superintendent for Keystone Construction and Maintenance Services at the Kleen Energy Plant.

The explosion at the nearly completed plant came as workers purged a natural gas line.