CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) – An employee was killed Monday at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said that around 9:38 a.m., officers were called to the airport for reports of an employee being hit by a vehicle on the tarmac.

"We are devastated by the accident involving a team member at Charlotte International Airport," an American Airlines spokesperson said.

The unidentified employee was working on the aircraft’s ramp when they were struck by a ramp vehicle around 9:30 a.m. Monday.

An American Airlines employee was killed Monday in a vehicle accident at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport ramp, the paved area adjacent to gates where planes park to load passengers. Officials released very little details about the incident.

Washington’s regional airport was closed after the crash that apparently took the lives of 67 people. The DC airport is reopening at 11 a.m.

An American Airlines employee was fatally struck by an airport ramp vehicle on Monday morning, according to officials.

An American Airlines employee has died following a single vehicle accident on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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