Employee dies after being struck by truck at AAA construction site in Caguas
The worker for a contractor on the Caguas Norte Filters Plant improvement project was killed around 11:48 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026.
PhotoThe short version
- El Nuevo Día and NotiCel report a contractor died after being run over by a truck at the AAA's Planta de Filtros Caguas Norte improvement project
- Police received the report around 11:48 a.m. on Friday and found the unidentified man dead at the scene on Avenida Luis Muñoz Marín in Caguas
- AAA executive president Luis Reinaldo González Delgado confirmed the victim was an employee of the contractor and offered full cooperation with authorities
- The agency expressed condolences to the victim's family, coworkers and loved ones
Updates
Update, Oct 16, 3:35 PM AST
New reports from El Nuevo Día and NotiCel add no material facts beyond the original coverage.
El Nuevo Día reported that a contractor died Friday morning at the AAA's Planta de Filtros Caguas Norte during improvement works, with police finding the unidentified man run over by a truck around 11:48 a.m. El Nuevo Día reported.
The outlet quoted AAA executive president Luis Reinaldo González Delgado confirming the victim was an employee of the contractor in charge of the improvements, that police are securing the scene and that the agency will fully cooperate with the investigation. The statement matches the one previously cited by Primera Hora.
NotiCel published a similar account, noting the public corporation provided no details on how the tragedy occurred, while repeating the same AAA statement on cooperation and condolences. NotiCel reported.
Fatality at water authority project
An employee of the contractor in charge of improvements to the Planta de Filtros Caguas Norte died on Friday morning after being struck by a truck at the construction site, Primera Hora reported. The Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA) confirmed the death.
According to a preliminary police report cited by Primera Hora, the incident occurred around 11:48 a.m. on Avenida Luis Muñoz Marín in Caguas. A call alerted authorities to a person dead at the scene. Telemundo Puerto Rico reported that agents from the Caguas police district are investigating.
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What the sources posted
Posts and statements below are the sources' own words, quoted as published. They are not independently verified.
El personal de la AAA está en la mejor disposición de cooperar plenamente con las autoridades
Our translation: AAA personnel are in the best disposition to cooperate fully with the authorities
The source's own statement, as quoted by Primera Hora. Not verified by PuertoRico.com.
AAA response
AAA executive president Luis Reinaldo González Delgado confirmed the incident in a written statement. He said the accident was reported to the Puerto Rico Police, whose agents responded and secured the scene.
González Delgado stated that AAA personnel "are in the best disposition to cooperate fully with the authorities" in the investigation. The agency expressed condolences to the victim's family, coworkers and loved ones.
Where the sources differ
All four outlets—Primera Hora, Telemundo Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día and NotiCel—agree on the time, location, that the victim was a contractor employee struck by a truck and that AAA offered full cooperation. El Nuevo Día and NotiCel quote the same AAA statement previously published by Primera Hora; NotiCel explicitly notes the corporation gave no details on how the accident occurred. Telemundo's shorter report attributes information only to police and does not name the project.
What the reports do not say
The reports do not give the name, age or specific employer of the deceased worker. They contain no information on how the truck struck the man, whether safety protocols were in place, the results of any on-scene investigation or what agency will conduct the official workplace fatality probe. No timeline for completing the investigation is provided.
Sources
Every link below was opened and checked when this story was published and last updated. Official means a government body, agency or the organization itself; Reporting means a news outlet.
- Official Muere empleado en proyecto de construcción de la AAA
- Reporting Muere empleado en proyecto de construcción de la AAA
- Reporting Hombre muere arrollado en área de construcción de la AAA en Caguas
- Reporting Contratista fallece durante trabajos de mejoras en planta de la AAA
- Reporting Muere contratista en instalación de la AAA
How we checked this
Primera Hora, El Nuevo Día and NotiCel all published the full AAA statement from executive president Luis Reinaldo González Delgado; Telemundo Puerto Rico relied solely on police information. The new sources from El Nuevo Día and NotiCel do not add facts beyond the original account.
Compiled by the PuertoRico.com News Desk from the reports and statements listed above, and checked against them before publishing. It does not include original interviews. Spot an error? Email support@puertorico.com with a link to this story.