Awful: Delta Employee Hit By Truck At Atlanta Airport

I hope this person is able to recover quickly.

Delta wing walker hit by waste disposal truck

The security camera footage of a terrible incident that happened on the ramp at the Atlanta airport was shared by xJon NYC. The Delta Boeing 717 is pulling into gate C36.

In the video footage you can see a waste disposal truck hitting the person from behind and knocking them over at a high speed. After hitting someone, the driver stops the vehicle and goes to help. People are helping this person.

At the same time that this happens, you can hear someone say "attention lav techs, lav techs, please, please watch your speed out on the ramp, and pay attention to your surroundings" It is unclear if that announcement was made live or if it was made after the fact.

There is an update about this incident now that it has gotten some publicity.

• The worker “was laying on the ground and bleeding from her head” when the responding officer arrived
• She was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she was determined to be in stable condition
• The driver of the waste management vehicle told police that he “was looking down at his tablet” before hitting the woman
• The driver was cited, and airport security confiscated his airport badge, and he was escorted from the scene by Delta

The woman who was hit is in stable condition and is expected to recover. The accident looked terrible and I could see how bad it would get. Delta should take care of this employee and her family and give her plenty of time to recover.

I’m surprised by how safe the ramp usually is

I hope precautions are taken to prevent this from happening again.

I am surprised by the low number of incidents on the ramp at airports. You have a lot going on and the speed limit is supposed to be low. You have people constantly in a rush, a complicated system for traffic priority, a lot of congestion, a lot of distraction, and you don't have the most tenured employees across the board.

It is sad to see something like this happen because I am always amazed by how smooth this is.

Bottom line

A Delta employee was hit by a garbage truck at the airport. It is awful to see something like this happen. The driver looked down at a device. The woman who was hit is expected to recover.

What do you think of this event?