Santa Clarita Man Dies After Car Falls on Him
A 19-year-old Santa Clarita man died Saturday after the car he was working under fell on top of him, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.
Steven Joseph Dietz was working on the brakes of his sister’s car in the 24600 block of Valley Street when the jack failed at about 10:35 a.m., Deputy Mary Landreth said.
The car pinned him, and he could not breathe, she said.
After neighbors called 911, sheriff’s deputies freed Dietz from under the car. He was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, where he died about two hours later, Landreth said.
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