NEWARK:William Vasquez, a 26-year-old Los Angeles man, was driving a 2009 Sterling three-axle tractor about 8:30 a.m. Sept. 16 when he got out without setting the emergency brake and without putting the vehicle in park, according to information released by the Long Beach Police Department Wednesday morning. He was on his cellphone when he tried to unlatch the trailer, which rolled forward and struck him.
Long Beach Port Police responded to an industrial accident call at 8:47 a.m. at 700 Pier A Way. Officers found Vasquez about 30 feet behind the tractor. Fire department personnel responded and declared him dead at the scene. The Vasquez family Tuesday addressed members of the media, saying they are upset with a lack of information from port officials.
Vasquez was an independent contract truck driver for Signal Hill-based California Multimodal LLC. He had been a truck driver for more than three years, had just bought a car and was in escrow on a new house when he died. He is survived by his parents and three siblings. The state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA is actively investigating Vasquez’s death. By statute, Cal/OSHA has six months to close an investigation.
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