A 35-year-old truck driver was killed after being crushed by his vehicle on Thursday.
It happened around 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 128 and Eldorado Boulevard in Superior, Colorado.
Police believe the driver pulled over in order to check on a problem with the truck’s rear driver-side tires when it rolled forward, pinning him between the tires and the axel. He was dragged for approximately 250 feet, until the truck came to a stop.
He was found by a family member, who was also driving a tractor trailer and headed to the same location.
After arriving to the scene, it took rescue crews nearly one hour to extricate the man from underneath the rig. He suffered “massive trauma to his lower body” and died from his injuries shortly after being airlifted to a Denver hospital
The incident remains under investigation.
