Overview
- Around 14:30 local time on Friday, a pallet of roughly half a ton fell on the woman as she helped colleagues load it into a truck on Calle Bronce.
- Emergency responders from SUMMA 112 treated her for severe head and chest trauma and performed CPR, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Officials said the operation involved loading the pallet into a refrigerated truck at an industrial facility in Loeches.
- Media reports, citing emergency services, describe the pallet giving way during a forklift maneuver before collapsing onto the victim.
- Local police secured the area and the Guardia Civil is leading inquiries into how the workplace accident occurred.