Our profound condolences go out to Brother Castorena’s family, friends and union brothers and sisters on the docks.

From a news segment called ”Authorities Probe How Big Rig Container Became Loose, Crushed Cyclist To Death”:

An investigation was underway Wednesday into how a big rig’s container struck a railroad bridge in Carson, knocking the container from the truck and crushing a cyclist to death Tuesday in Carson.

The bicyclist was identified by the coroner’s office as Robert Castorena, 51, of Long Beach.

The container fell on its side, landing on top of Castorena on the sidewalk.

Castorena was a longshoreman, who worked with shipping containers on a regular basis.

“That’s their biggest fear on the docks, is to be crushed by a trailer,” friend Rubin Ramirez said. “I’m almost speechless.”

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