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Dickies Arena gate crushes, kills worker in Fort Worth

A little more than one month after Dickies Arena opened its doors in Fort Worth, one of its employees died in a 'tragic accident.'
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Updated at 3:05 p.m. Monday with a link to a GoFundMe for the worker.

A 24-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after he was crushed by a gate while working at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, according to a medical examiner's report.

The accident was reported at about 7:10 a.m. at an entry gate in the 3400 block of Trail Drive.

The employee was identified as Juan Carlos Julian Jr., of Fort Worth, according to a Tarrant County Medical Examiner's report. His cause of death was listed as traumatic asphyxia.

"The preliminary investigative details indicate that this was a tragic accident at Dickies Arena," said Officer Ivan Gomez, a spokesman with the Fort Worth Police Department. "However, the results of the autopsy and the final investigative findings are pending."

A GoFundMe has been set up to raise money for Julian's funeral expenses. 

Dickies Arena opened on Oct. 26.

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