An elderly man has died at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in what police are describing as a “workplace accident.”

Police, firefighters and emergency services responded to an extrication call on the 3300 block of General Hudnell Drive at 4:34 p.m. Friday.

They were responding to a report of a large piece of equipment, identified as possibly a jet engine, falling on an elderly man, according to the San Antonio Fire Department’s public information officer.

Firefighters declared the victim dead when they arrived at the scene, which was near a loading dock behind the event venue.

As of 6:50 p.m. SAFD resources remained on scene to assist with the removal of the body from underneath the heavy object.

Port San Antonio referred media questions to fire and police. Boeing Center at Tech Port

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