SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio authorities say a man is dead after a jet engine crushed him when it rolled off a loading dock at the Boeing Center at Tech Port on Friday afternoon.

Around 4:30 p.m., officers with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) responded to the south-side event center and complex on General Hudnell Drive after receiving a report that someone had died. A large contingent of emergency personnel were seen in the facility's back lot.

Police officials on scene said a crew was in the process of unloading the jet engine – which can weigh anywhere from 500 pounds to more than 10 tons – when disaster struck.

"They had it up on a rolling dolly," the SAPD representative said. "As he turned around to do something, the dolly with the engine on it began to roll back and they both

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