PHILADELPHIA, PA (WTXF/AP) - PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a man died after a cargo container fell on his truck at a shipping terminal in Philadelphia.
Authorities said the 52-year-old man was pronounced dead Monday at 12:35 p.m. at Packer Marine Terminal, which sits up against the Delaware River in South Philadelphia.
Aerial footage of the area showed a nearly flattened white pickup truck surrounded by emergency personnel and a stack of shipping containers.
It wasn't immediately clear how or why the container fell. A woman who answered the phone at a company listed as the terminal's operator declined comment.
Police characterized the case as an industrial accident.
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