1 Worker Killed, 1 Injured In Accident Near Santa Cruz Mountains Landslide
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (CBS/AP) - One member of a road crew was killed and another injured when a dump truck ran over them while working to clear a massive mudslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The California Highway Patrol said the accident occurred shortly after noon on Highway 17 about 25 miles south of San Jose.
A mudslide on Tuesday briefly shut the main north-south artery between San Jose and coastal Santa Cruz and crews have been working since then to clear debris.
One worker is moving his hands...another worker, unfortunately, has died. They were cleaning mudslide on Hwy 17 when hit by work truck. pic.twitter.com/IhZGjiDmPS
— Maria Cid Medina (@Maria_MedinaTV) February 9, 2017
The CHP says one of the worker's was pronounced dead the scene and the other was conscious and talking to paramedics while pinned under the wheel of the dump truck.
A woman started screaming during my liveshot -- sadly, it was to tell an officer a worker had been fatally struck on Hwy 17. ????????
— Maria Cid Medina (@Maria_MedinaTV) February 9, 2017
The survivor was extricated and taken to a nearby hospital.
CHP hasn't released the names of the workers.
Read more at CBSSanFrancisco.com.