http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/43034672.htmlPosted: 10:02 AM Apr 15, 2009
Last Updated: 9:29 PM Apr 15, 2009
Reporter: WEAU 13 News Staff, Kelly Schlicht
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As the investigation into Hakes' death continues, his family struggles to deal with the horrible news.
The family says they were absolutely shocked, and his parents say they can't believe their hardworking son died on a job site.
"There ain't a thing I can't look at on this farm and not think of him, because he was always here,” says Eugene Hakes, Sr.
He says he knew his son, Eugene, Jr., or "EJ" as he was called, would always work with his hands. He just never expected his work to be fatal.
"I figured yes, he'd get hurt, but not dead, no,” says Hakes.
The 33-year-old was last home on Easter, his mother Clarice says he was glad to be back to work with A-1 excavating after being unemployed over the winter.
However, he mentioned something that now seems like foreshadowing.
"He says he got a nice retirement fund, and I said, well that's good. And he says the problem is most people don't live to collect it, and he just told me that Sunday, and now this happened. I just don't believe it,” says Clarice Hakes.
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