WOODBURN, Ore. — A man is dead after a workplace accident at the Winco Distribution Center late Wednesday morning.

According to the Woodburn Police Department, around 11:39 a.m., police were called to the distribution center at 400 South Woodland Avenue.

The preliminary investigation indicated that a semi-truck was moved while the forklift operator, 36-year-old Christopher Ryan De Jesus of Independence, was still inside the container. The forklift then fell from the container.

De Jesus was declared dead at the scene, police said.

The semi-truck driver remained onsite and is cooperating with police; both the driver and De Jesus were working for third-party contractors at the distribution center.

Correction: The age of Christopher Ryan De Jesus was incorrectly listed as 39 in an initial

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