A construction worker has died following an accident at a job site in Gilbert.
The accident happened Monday morning at a training facility run by the City of Gilbert. Crews are in the process of building a new public safety training facility for the Gilbert Police and Fire departments.
Police say 70-year-old Mario Torres Padilla was alone, working with a concrete hopper, when a portion of the cement mixer suddenly fell on top of him, pinning him against a metal post.
"There were two callers at the time who found him, we don't know how long he had been down at the time he was found," said Dani Covey with Gilbert Police.
The two workers were able to free Mario from the heavy equipment. First responders performed life-saving measures, but he passed from his injuries.
Work was stopped for the day as co-workers mourned and police conducted an investigation.