Coroner IDs worker killed in Alabama pipeline explosion
HELENA, Ala. — Officials have released the name of a worker killed when a gasoline pipeline serving the Southeast exploded in central Alabama, sparking a fire that was still burning more than two days later.
Deputy Coroner Lina Evans says 48-year-old Anthony Lee Willingham of Heflin, Alabama died in Monday’s explosion in Shelby County, Alabama.
Willingham was part of a nine-person crew working on repairs to the pipeline following an earlier spill.