A worker is dead following an incident at a construction site in Paradise Valley on Monday, the Phoenix Fire Department said.
The incident happened in the area of McDonald Drive and Quail Run Road where a home was being built on July 29.In a statement, Capt. Shaun DuBois with Phoenix Fire said crews were called to the scene at around 12:30 p.m. for reports of a person who was trapped underneath some fallen debris.The worker, an unidentified man, was declared dead at the scene.
"We spoke with a truck driver who delivered the crates, who said when he was at a delivery, he opens the doors and sits in the cab until workers offload the truck.This time, however, was different, as a woman came yelling for him to come and help, and that's when the driver saw a man crushed between the crane and the windows."He was leaning on the bar of the forklift.
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