American Airlines employee died at Austin airport after a service vehicle hit a jet bridge

An American Airlines worker died Thursday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, was working a floor service automobile that struck a jet bridge, authorities stated.

Police and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services known as to the airport discovered the worker with “obvious signs of trauma” to his physique. “Unfortunately, the male succumbed to his injuries,” Corporal Destiny Silva with the Austin Police Department stated in a news convention Thursday.

The incident is being investigated as an unintentional demise and airport operations weren’t affected, Silva stated.

“We can confirm that Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) responded to an incident with an American Airline employee on the apron by Gate 24 at AUS earlier this afternoon,” Bailey Grimmett, a public info specialist with the airport, stated in an electronic mail to CNN, including airport employees “are working closely with the airline and emergency services personnel.”

CNN has reached out to the Travis County Chief Medical Examiner’s workplace and American Airlines however didn’t instantly hear again.