STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — New details were released on Wednesday after a deadly workplace accident at a Stuart tire shop that left a young technician dead.
According to the Stuart Police Department, the incident occurred on June 9 when an 83-year-old driver attempted to pull his truck into a service bay for maintenance. As the vehicle moved onto a ramp, investigators say the driver accelerated forward, striking a technician and pinning him against a concrete wall. The worker suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident unfolded Tuesday morning at Atlantic Tire on Southeast Monterey Road, where emergency crews responded around 6:30 a.m. and found the victim trapped beneath the vehicle inside the bay…