24 Year Old Worker Killed in Struck-By Accident

young construction worker was fatally crushed as he stood between two trucks in East Flatbush, Brooklyn Friday — when one of the vehicles backed into him, police said.

Saqueo Mejia, 24, of Sunset Park, was crushed just after noon on Troy Avenue when a large dump truck driven backed up, pinning him from the chest up against the second truck.

The dump truck's 31-year-old driver did not realize Mejia was pinned behind him until witnesses alerted him, police said.

Mejia was rushed to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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