OC Construction Worker Hit by Truck Axel

Dump Truck’s Loose Axel Strikes Construction Worker on 405 Freeway

A construction worker was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was struck by an axle that detached from a dump truck on the 405 Freeway in Orange County. According to police, the dump truck was traveling on the northbound 405 Freeway near Beach Boulevard in Westminster when its liftable rear axle came loose and struck the…