Man dies after being pinned under construction truck in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – A man has died after he was pinned under a construction truck in Birmingham on Friday.

Birmingham police responded to Redding Road near Woodward Avenue and Quarton Road at around 12 p.m. on Oct. 2 after a resident reported that a man was pinned under a construction truck and was unresponsive.

When police arrived, they found a 57-year-old Dearborn Heights man dead beneath the truck. Investigators said the driver was having mechanical difficulties with one of the truck’s lift axles.

When the man pulled onto the side of Redding to check the malfunction, he became trapped under the truck when the system engaged.

“The Birmingham Police Department is deeply saddened by this tragic incident,” the department said in a statement Friday. “The department extends its deepest sympathies to the victim’s family.”