VENTURA, Calif. — A truck driver was found dead between his jackknifed tandem trailers on June 28 at the Pacific View mall parking lot in Ventura, California.
According to the Ventura Police Department (VPD), the driver, who hasn’t been named, was crushed to death.
The incident was reported to police shortly after 8:45 a.m., a VPD official stated; a passerby called police after noticing the body.
Police are searching video footage of the mall’s cameras to piece together what happened.
No further details have been provided.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
