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Water Authority Employee In NM Dies In Accident

An employee of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is dead after an apparent workplace accident.

Officials say the body of 47-year-old Glenn "Bo" Martin was found early Wednesday by fellow employees.

They say he died in an apparent vehicle accident while performing routine maintenance on a wastewater lift station.

Details weren't immediately available.

The Water Authority and Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department are investigating Martin's death.

Officials say Martin was a wastewater station operator who had been with the Water Authority since November 2000.