The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Falling container kills man in truck at shipping terminal

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PHILADELPH­IA — Police say a man died after a cargo container fell on his truck at a shipping terminal in Philadelph­ia. Authoritie­s said the 52-yearold man was pronounced dead Monday at 12:35 p.m. at Packer Marine Terminal, which sits along the Delaware River in south Philadelph­ia. Aerial footage from local news stations showed a nearly flattened white pickup truck surrounded by emergency personnel and a stack of shipping containers.

It wasn’t immediatel­y clear how or why the container fell. A woman who answered the phone at a company listed as the terminal’s operator declined comment.

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