A 19-year-old died after being run over by heavy construction equipment in Port St. Lucie.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) said that on Tuesday, a large palm tree was being delivered and installed in a yard in the 8600 block of Southwest Felicita Way in the PGA Village Verano neighborhood.
According to officials, the palm tree was attached to the skid steer’s forks, and Elias Lopez Macario of Palm City was walking alongside it as the machine was moving.
PSLPD said that witnesses saw Macario trip and fall in front of the skid steer, a heavy construction equipment often used for digging. The operator, who was unaware of the incident, accidentally ran over him.
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