Industrial Accident Kills Chrysler Plant Worker

Authorities confirm an autoworker was killed in a “tragic accident” while on the job at a Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit.
The incident happened Tuesday morning at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant, on Conner Street near East Jefferson Avenue on the city’s east side. Officials say the 53-year-old man — later identified Donald Megge of Sterling Heights — was crushed in a press while performing regular preventative maintenance in the waste water treatment area. Megge was working alone when the accident happened and was discovered at about 6:30 a.m. He was declared dead at the scene.