Wild Animal Park Worker Injured In San Diego Accident
Jul 16th, 2009 by RichmondJ
An employee of Wild Animal Park in San Diego, 40, was injured on Tuesday after being struck and pinned under a truck. According to a San Diego Fire spokesman, the man was in the process of unloading the truck when the truck rolled back into him, as it wasn’t taken out of gear. The truck began to roll back into the man when he put the tailgate down, said San Diego spokesman. The man attempted to enter the rear of the truck, but was unable after the truck hit an adjacent curb. The Wild Animal Park worker was pinned underneath the truck for up to 30 minutes before being removed by rescue crews, after which he was flown to a nearby hospital. The incident remains under investigation, said Wild Animal Park spokesman Christina Simmons.
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