An American Airlines employee was killed during an accident on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, officials say.

An American Airlines worker was killed Monday morning in a tragic accident on the tarmac at North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Just after 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 27, authorities received a report of “an employee reportedly struck by a vehicle on the tarmac,

A Charlotte airport worker was killed Monday morning after getting hit by a vehicle on the tarmac. Officials at Charlotte Douglas International Airport said an American Airlines employee was hit by an airline ramp vehicle in the paved area near the gate where planes park around 9:30 a.m. The name of the victim was not released.