Man dies after being pinned under dump truck in Birmingham

A 57-year-old Dearborn Heights man was pinned under a dump truck and died Friday.

died Friday, Oct. 2, after becoming pinned beneath a dump truck in Birmingham.

The Birmingham Police Department received a call at 12:07 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2 from the 800 block of Redding. Witnesses saw a man trapped beneath a construction truck and was unresponsive. Police and firefighters found him dead beneath the truck.

The police preliminary investigation revealed he pulled over to check a malfunction involving one of the truck’s lift axles. The truck fell when the axle system engaged and he got trapped beneath it and died at the scene.

"The Birmingham Police Department is deeply saddened by this tragic incident," the department said in a statement. "The department sends its deepest sympathies to the victim's family."

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