PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. — An employee of a Perdue Chicken processing plant has died after an accident inside the facility early Friday morning.
Prince George County Police were called to the plant just after 7 a.m. to investigate the incident, which happened at 5155 Chudoba Parkway.
A maintenance worker was working on a lift, used to put pallets on a conveyor, when the lift came down on him, sources told CBS 6 senior reporter Wayne Covil.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Some employees were moved outside while the investigation was underway.
CBS 6 has reached out to Perdue for a statement about the accident.
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