Construction worker killed after accident possibly involving bleachers at Villa Park High School in Orange County, California

VILLAPARK, California — One construction worker is dead and another was hospitalized Thursday after an accident possibly involving the bleachers at a Southern California high school gym.

No students or school staff were injured.

The fatal crash happened in a construction zone at Villa Park High School in Orange County, according to the school district.

OCFA personnel and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to the school around 10:21 a.m. and found two adult patients.

One patient was transported to a local trauma center, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The second person was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the agency.

None of the employees have been identified.

“There is currently no threat to the Villa Park High School campus or the surrounding community,” the school district said in a statement.

Students said the construction work at the gym was a renovation project.

“They took out all the new bleachers, redid the floor, new air conditioners and everything. I know they had new bleachers delivered a few weeks ago that they’ve been working on,” said student Landon Hunt.

Hunt initially said he didn’t know what was happening because the only announcement made was that the school was on lockdown.

“I was pretty scared. I thought it was a shooting or something because I wasn’t sure,” he said.

ABC7’s news helicopter was overhead as a body was wheeled into the coroner’s van and other construction workers appeared to comfort each other after what happened.

No further details were immediately known.