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ienna Man Dies After Bid to Stop Verizon Van
Unhappy Customer, 79, Grabbed Wheel, Fell in Driveway
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Friday, June 19, 2009
A 79-year-old Vienna man who was fed up with his Verizon service died after trying to stop a technician's van from pulling out of his driveway.
The man, identified by neighbors as William Cornelius, fell after grabbing the steering wheel of the van late Wednesday afternoon and died hours later at a hospital, police said.
Neighbors described Cornelius as a former railroad executive who was painfully lonely after his wife died about a year and a half ago.
According to Vienna police, the Verizon technician told Cornelius that he had finished working on Cornelius's service and began to leave the home, in the 500 block of Ayr Hill Avenue NE.
Cornelius was upset and followed the technician to his van. Cornelius "continued to express his dissatisfaction and tried to block the technician's van from leaving his driveway," said Vienna police spokesman Bill Murray.
The technician got inside his van. Cornelius moved out of the way, and the technician began to drive away, according to police.
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