Man Dies in Nacogdoches County Accident

NACOGDOCHES – The Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a man who was run over by a fork lift. The accident occurred around 8:30 Monday night off Farm Road 2782, southwest of Nacogdoches. Killed was Rubio Munoz Rene, 39, of Center. He worked for a subcontractor of Pilgrims Poultry that was catching chickens at a local chicken farm. He was riding on the folk lift when it came to a stop. The victim slid down the side of the fork lift and underneath the front tires. The operator didn’t see him fall, and thought he had jumped off and went back to his work area. The fork lift operator then backed up over the victim. He died at a Nacogdoches hospital. Sheriff Jason Bridges stated that all early indications of this investigation appear that this was a very unfortunate accident.