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Second worker dies after explosion at Letterkenny Army Depot

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An emergency vehicle drives along Coffey Av. in front of LEAD. An explosion was reported at around 7 a.m. Thursday morning, July 19, 2018 at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pa. Injuries were reported at Building 350 and air medical responded to tthe scene. (Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion)

A second employee has died three weeks after an explosion at Letterkenny Army Depot.

The employee died Thursday at the hospital where he had been treated since the July 19 incident, the army depot said in a news release Thursday afternoon.

The army depot said it was withholding the worker’s name out of respect for the family. However, a

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