Update: Man who died in backhoe rollover incident identified
Update posted Feb. 18:
– The man who died in a backhoe tractor rollover incident in North County last week has been identified. Francisco Javier Gutierrez Urias died after getting pinned under a backhoe at a winery in Creston, according to a report by the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Urias was 40 years old and from Avenal.
-Original article posted Feb. 14:
Crews respond to backhoe rollover in Shandon
– The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department responded to a vehicle rollover involving a backhoe at approximately 2:46 p.m. on Friday on Truesdale Road in Shandon.
The incident involved a single backhoe rollover.
Resources included B3415, E30, E50, one engine from Paso Robles Fire, and a helicopter identified as H-70 from the California Highway Patrol.
Cal Fire posted about the incident on its X page:
Vehicle Rollover – Shandon
At approximately 2:46 PM on February 13, 2026, CAL FIRE / San Luis Obispo County Fire responded to a single backhoe rollover on Truesdale Road in Shandon.
Resources included B3415, E30, E50, one engine from Paso Robles Fire, and CHP Helicopter H-70.… pic.twitter.com/FtepjFCv6l
— San Luis Obispo County Fire Department (@CALFIRE_SLO) February 14, 2026
No further information is available at this time.
