FedEx employee dies after falling out of truck on interstate
PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) – A 20-year-old FedEx worker was killed in a tragic accident when he fell out of his vehicle on an Ohio roadway.
According to Pepper Pike police, the accident happened on the morning of July 14 on Interstate 271.
The FedEx truck was traveling north in the express lane, according to the police report, when the driver and passenger noticed the right sliding door was opening.
When the passenger, 20-year-old Noah Fletcher, went to close the door, he fell out of the truck and onto the roadway.
Witnesses told police they were driving directly behind the FedEx truck when they saw the door on the right side of the truck open and Fletcher fall out.
Video reviewed by police from inside the truck shows Fletcher getting out of his seat and move into the cargo part of the truck to close the door.
Police said Fletcher was being attended to by Pepper Pike Fire Department units when they arrived, but he later died at the scene from his injuries.
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