Polk County construction worker kills coworker with skid steer: PCSO

DAVENPORT, Fla. (WFLA) — A man living in the country illegally was arrested and charged with manslaughter for causing the death of his coworker at a construction site in Davenport, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced.

Deputies responded to the Grand Pointe Apartments in Davenport on Wednesday regarding an industrial accident at a construction site.

According to an arrest affidavit, deputies arrived and found the victim, Jose Lopez, dead near the front-end loading bucket of a skid steer.

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Deputies talked to the victim’s co-worker, Angel Martinez, 29, who told deputies the victim was messing with the controls but was not seated in the skid steer and said the skid steer was unoccupied…

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