Truck Driver Dies After Being Buried in Cement
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A truck driver was killed Wednesday when she was buried under 10 tons of cement, a sheriff’s official said.
The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, worked as a cement truck driver for Outback Materials Transport in the Fresno County foothills.
She was reportedly standing at the top of a machine used to pour cement into trucks when she fell into a funnel and the cement poured on top of her.
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