Crime & Safety

Delivery Driver Killed At Home Depot Location In St. Pete

St. Petersburg police have investigated a Sunday evening death of a delivery driver at Home Depot.

St. Petersburg police have investigated a Sunday evening death of a delivery driver at Home Depot.
St. Petersburg police have investigated a Sunday evening death of a delivery driver at Home Depot. (Skyla Luckey | Patch )

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A delivery truck driver was killed Sunday at a Home Depot St. Petersburg location in an industrial accident, a police news release said.

The man was delivering a load of construction items to the back of the store, 2300 22nd Ave. N., when the materials struck and killed him at 7:30 p.m., investigators said.

He was not an employee of the store, according to detectives.

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The victim's name will not be released until next of kin is notified.

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