Jud Burkett

jburkett@thespectrum.com

Errick Holmes, a truck driver from Long Beach, California, who was injured when a load of glass shifted and fell on him at the St. George Viracon plant earlier this week, has died. He was 48.

Holmes, who was employed by Swift Transportation, was injured on Wednesday morning as he was delivering a load of glass to Viracon. He was outside of the truck in an enclosed bay at the plant when the load fell off the flatbed and trapped him. Emergency responders worked for 33 minutes to extricate Holmes from the 9,000 pounds of glass that fell on top of him.

After he was pulled from beneath the glass, CPR was performed on Holmes and paramedics were able to resuscitate him before Life Flight airlifted him to Dixie Regional Medical Center.

Holmes had been listed in critical condition at DRMC, but early Friday morning, Terri Draper, Intermountain Healthcare regional communications director, confirmed Holmes had died from his injuries.

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