GARLAND, TEXAS—
Penske Truck Leasing, LLC
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Final narrative
An employee was putting a license plate onto the front of a truck when the truck ran over him and drug him into the wash bay. He was hospitalized with lacerations and a puncture to the face, lacerations to the arms, part of the ear cut off, and multiple internal injuries.
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