FRESNO, CALIFORNIA — A 21-year-old mechanic died Wednesday afternoon after being crushed between a semi-truck and a trailer at a trucking repair yard in Fresno County.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly after 4 p.m. reporting an injured person at a facility near the intersection of Belmont and Lafayette avenues. Deputies arrived to find the man suffering from major injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
He has been identified as Gurpreet Singh, 21, of Fresno. Investigators determined Singh was working as a mechanic when he became pinned between a semi-truck and a trailer that was in the process of being hooked up.
Because the incident occurred on private property, it is being classified as an industrial accident. Cal/OSHA is handling the investigation.
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