A man who reportedly owned a company doing roadwork on Highway 135 was killed Thursday when he was run over by a construction truck, officials said.
The accident occurred about 12:30 p.m. on southbound Highway 135 south of Foster Road near the work to extend Union Valley Parkway.
Firefighters placed the fatally injured man, identified by the California Highway Patrol as a 67-year-old Arroyo Grande resident, on a stretcher and wheeled him into an ambulance at the scene.
The victim’s name has yet to be released by officials.
Capt. Vince Agapito of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department said that the man was taken to Marian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
