Construction worker dies after crash possibly involving bleachers at Villa Park High School in Orange County

VILLA PARK, Calif. (KABC) — One construction worker died and another was hospitalized after an accident possibly involving bleachers at a high school gym in Villa Park.

No students or school staff were injured.

The fatal crash occurred in a construction zone at Villa Park High School, according to the school district.

OCFA personnel and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to the school, located in the 10800 block of Taft Street, around 10:21 a.m. and found two adult patients.

One patient was transported to a local trauma center, according to the Orange County Fire Marshal’s Office. The second person was pronounced dead at the scene, the agency said.

None of the workers were identified.

“There is currently no danger to the Villa Park High School campus or the surrounding community,” the school district said in a statement.

Students said that the construction inside the gym was a renovation project.

“They took out all the new bleachers, redid the floor, new air conditioners, everything. I know they had new bleachers that were delivered a few weeks ago that they were working on,” said student Landon Hunt.

Hunt said he didn’t know what was happening at first because the only announcement was that the school would be put on lockdown.

“I was pretty scared. I thought it was a shooting or something because I wasn’t sure,” he said.

AIR7 was on the scene as a body was taken to the coroner’s van, and other construction workers appeared to console each other after what had happened.

Further details were not immediately known.