SAN ANTONIO – A man is dead after a jet engine fell on him at Port San Antonio, San Antonio police confirmed to KSAT.
Police and firefighters responded around 4 p.m. Friday to the 3300 block of General Hundell Drive on the Southwest Side, at the back of the Boeing Center at Tech Port.
The deceased man, who was in his 70s, was transporting a jet engine with a coworker in the loading dock of the venue, a police sergeant at the scene told KSAT.
The man went to reach for something when the dolly carrying the jet engine began to roll. The engine hit the man, causing both to fall off the four-foot-tall dock.
The engine fell on top of the man, and he was dead when first responders arrived.
Police described it as a “workplace accident” and estimated the jet engine to be over 5,000 pounds.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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