Port Tobacco man killed in Bethesda construction site incident

A worker dismantling a pressurized tank at a Bethesda construction site was killed Friday afternoon, when he was struck by a pipe attached to the tank. Bryan Frederick McGinn, 43, of Port Tobacco, Maryland, died at an unidentified hospital after being transported from the construction site at 8751 Rockville Pike. That address matches the mailing address for a project in front of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but police did not identify the specific project site.

Detectives have made the initial conclusion that the incident was an accident. The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Department was notified, and is assisting in the ongoing investigation.