RICHMOND, Va. -- One person was killed and two other people were injured when a shipping container overturned at a business near the 800 block of Dinwiddie Avenue, according to Richmond Police. Police and firefighters arrived at the scene at 1:37 p.m. Monday, to begin a rescue mission for the people trapped inside the shipping container.
The fire department was able to rescue two men from inside the container. The men were later taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Another man, who was also inside the shipping container, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the three men were at the business, Muse Core Supply, loading metal materials into the shipping container when it overturned.
During the loading process, police said the materials caused the container to tip over and trap the men inside.
Mario Rainey, who was in a truck driving class near the crash, said he heard the shipping container overturn.
"We heard a big boom like an explosion. We stepped out from the windows. And we've seen it, something tragic must have happened," Rainey said. "And we've seen people from inside of a building running out there I guess trying to help the person who was inside."
The Richmond Fire Department is currently working to remove the container to continue an investigation into why the container overturned.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is leading the investigation into this incident, with help from the Richmond Fire and Police Departments.
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