Man sleeping on sidewalk killed when truck rolls over him, Long Beach police say

Long Beach police say a man died last night when a semi truck rolled over him while he was sleeping near a Washington neighborhood intersection.

At about 8:10 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a person down near the intersection of Oregon Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway.

When officers arrived, they found a man on the southwest sidewalk of the intersection with injuries showing that he was struck by a vehicle, police said.

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Investigators determined the man was run over by the rear tires of a loaded trailer that rolled onto the sidewalk when the semi truck hauling the trailer turned southbound onto Oregon Avenue from eastbound Pacific Coast Highway, police said…

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