The Ventura Police Department is investigating the death of a big rig driver reported Friday morning in the parking lot of Pacific View mall.
The parked rig was pulling two box trailers, said police Cmdr. Mike Brown.
“It looks like the driver got crushed in between two tandem trailers,” Brown said. The driver, a man, had died at the scene.
The incident was reported to police shortly after 8:45 a.m, he said. A passerby happened to notice the situation and called it in.
Authorities are trying to determine what exactly happened, Brown said. It appears the driver was in between the two trailers when something moved and the trailers jackknifed.
Officers will go through video footage from the mall’s cameras, he said. The police department has called in the California Highway Patrol’s commercial unit to assist with the investigation.
No information was immediately available about the driver.
This story will be updated.