Truck Hits Woman Sleeping on Loading Dock near Oceanside Avenue
OCEANSIDE, CA (May 31, 2022) – A woman was injured in a pedestrian accident on South Oceanside Avenue on Saturday evening, May 28.
The woman, believed to be in her late 30s or early 40s, was sleeping on the loading dock near rubbish and other debris just before midnight as the driver of the truck got up to make a delivery on South Oceanside Avenue near Commerce Street, the Oceanside Police Department said.
The truck driver did not see the woman, but felt a blow when he was backing up his trailer.
When he went out to investigate, he heard the woman screaming and found that the vehicle had passed over the woman’s legs.
As a result of the crash, the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Paramedics took her to a hospital for treatment.
An investigation into this accident is underway.
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