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Worker killed while unloading car hauler

- — Emily Miller

A 37-year-old worker died Tuesday morning when he was hit by a car while unloading vehicles from a car hauler on South Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Ivan Figueras-Pino of Miami pulled over the tractor trailer to unload a vehicle in the 400 block just before 11 a.m., sheriff’s spokeswoma­n Dani Moschella said.

Figueras-Pino put his hazards on and lowered the ramp on the car hauler, which was stopped on the side of the northbound lanes.

“[Figueras-Pino] was inside the back of the truck removing the chains from a car on the top rack when an approachin­g northbound driver failed to stop,” Moschella said.

Joshua Stein of Oakland Park drove a 2015 Hyundai Accent up the lowered ramp and hit Figueras-Pino, Moschella said.

“It did not appear to Broward Sheriff’s Office traffic homicide detectives that [Stein] attempted to stop or swerve to avoid the car hauler before the collision,” Moschella said.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue transporte­d Figueras-Pino to Broward Health North, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Moschella said.

Stein was treated for minor injuries and released from Broward Health North.

Traffic homicide detectives are investigat­ing the incident, Moschella said.

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