A Hilton Orlando employee died Thursday night after getting trapped under a dryer, according to Orange County Fire Rescue. The incident happened around 9 p.m. at the hotel on Destination Parkway, near International Drive and the Orange County Convention Center.According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the employee, a man in his 30s, was found under an industrial-sized dryer. Firefighters pulled him from under the dryer, but he died at the scene. The sheriff’s office is investigating the incident.WESH 2 News has reached out to the Hilton U.S. Press Office for more information. >> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
A Hilton Orlando employee died Thursday night after getting trapped under a dryer, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.
The incident happened around 9 p.m. at the hotel on Destination Parkway, near International Drive and the Orange County Convention Center.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the employee, a man in his 30s, was found under an industrial-sized dryer. Firefighters pulled him from under the dryer, but he died at the scene.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the incident.
WESH 2 News has reached out to the Hilton U.S. Press Office for more information.
>> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.