{"id":114786,"date":"2026-01-07T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114786\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:50:07","slug":"man-found-dead-inside-tanker-trailer-at-corpus-christi-fleetpride-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114786\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead inside tanker trailer at Corpus Christi FleetPride facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A 63-year-old man was found dead inside a tanker trailer at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fleetpride.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopEwtkVpE6N-ATlspe6EJOSVWPYy3w8saN67oDrs_UZ58BSOMan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FleetPride<\/a> facility along Interstate 37, prompting a hazmat and rescue response from Corpus Christi firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>CCFD Assistant Chief Tony Perez said crews were dispatched after the man had been unaccounted for more than 20 minutes and was found unresponsive inside the tanker.<\/p>\n<p>Hazmat and rescue units were called to the scene because of the confined space environment inside the trailer. Perez said the emergency was later transitioned to a recovery operation.<\/p>\n<p>The man was extricated from the tanker at about 12:54 p.m., according to Perez.<\/p>\n<p>Perez said CCPD took custody of the body and notified the Nueces County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s identity has not been released, and the cause of death is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Perez said the man was a worker at the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/man-found-dead-inside-tanker-trailer-corpus-christi-fleetpride-facility\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A 63-year-old man was found dead inside a tanker trailer at a FleetPride facility&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-114786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}