COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal workplace accident.

Just before 2p.m. Thursday, Fire-EMS were dispatched to the Public Works Department central shop, located at 1407 W. Madison Avenue in Arkansas City for a report of an employee who had been struck by a street sweeper, according to a city media release.

Paramedics stabilized the employee, who initially was not breathing, at the scene for transport by ambulance to South Central Kansas Medical Center in critical condition.

The employee was subsequently transferred by ambulance to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita and died about an hour later, according to the media release.

It was determined that the accident occurred within the shop premises and involved the operator of the street sweeper. No one else was injured. Authorities have not released the name of the employee.