A 54-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday after he suffered injuries sustained in a tractor/trailer collision in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego.
San Diego Police Department officers were called at 1:50 p.m. Friday to 2451 Britannia Blvd., where they learned a 28-year-old man was backing up a 2013 black Peterbilt tractor/trailer at the loading docks of a business. When he began pulling forward, the victim walked in front of the tractor, said Officer Jose Perales.
The victim was struck by the tractor and suffered a leg fracture. He was taken to a hospital, and his injuries are not considered life-threatening, police said.
Alcohol was not a factor in the collision.
The department’s Traffic Division will be handling the investigation, and anyone with information related to it is asked to call 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
–City News Service
