Worker swept away in Sierra foothills pipeline rupture recovering from broken bones, collapsed lung

Weeks after a ruptured pipeline sent water blasting through the Sierra foothills, new details are emerging about one of the people caught in the flood.

Fifty-nine-year-old Howard, who works as a security guard at the New Colgate Powerhouse, had to be rescued by helicopter after being swept into the Yuba River. He is now recovering from multiple broken bones…

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