Los Angeles County firefighters declared a construction worker dead at the scene of a construction site on Avenue Penn on Tuesday afternoon after he was reportedly run over by a construction truck, according to a spokesman with the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area.
CHP Newhall-area Public Information Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez said officers received a call of a workplace accident near the 29100 block of Avenue Penn in the Valencia Commerce Center at approximately 12:08 p.m. on Tuesday.
He said CHP Newhall units and L.A. County firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
It was initially reported that a construction worker fell off a truck, but upon investigating at the scene, Burgos-Lopez said the driver was first inside the vehicle before he ended up in front of the vehicle and it began to roll forward and hit the driver…