The company is disputing details of the police incident report, including that the 27-year-old employee was found in a freezer.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman who authorities said “was found unconscious inside of the freezer” at a northeast-side H-E-B warehouse on Friday.
Teresa Dominguez had “sustained an injury from possibly a forklift” at the facility along the 5700 block of Rittiman Road, according to a San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) incident report. SAPD categorized it as an “apparent sudden death case,” but it’s unknown what time officers responded to the warehouse.
She eventually died at a local hospital, authorities said.
H-E-B officials confirmed the death of an employee, but disputed the details that she was found in a freezer and hurt in an forklift accident, calling them “not accurate.” The company did say Dominguez was on a forklift but that a coworker “noticed she was showing signs of distress,” at which point EMS was called to the scene.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office, meanwhile, concluded Dominguez died of blunt trauma to her lower left extremity and ruled her manner of death an accident.
“We continue to work closely with officials regarding the situation,” the company said in a statement. “Our H-E-B Family is heartbroken, and we are providing support to and are in contact with the family during this difficult time. We are also staying close to our Partners.”