Authorities identify man fatally crushed in accident near Paso Robles

Published July 1, 2022 12:19 pm

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities have released the name and age of the man who was crushed under the weight of a vehicle and died near Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon.

Cesar Rivera Villegas, 40 of Paso Robles, was preparing a truck to be moved at the Paso Robles Truck Center on Monterey Road just after 4 p.m. on Thursday when it rolled forward and killed him, according to San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's spokesman Tony Cipolla.

The Sheriff's Office called the incident an industrial accident.

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