Crime & Safety
Worker Fatally Crushed By Forklift In Bushwick, Police Say
A 47-year-old construction worker died after he was crushed between a forklift and a flatbed truck in Bushwick Saturday, officials said.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A construction worker was fatally crushed between a forklift and a flatbed truck on Saturday, according to police.
The 47-year-old man was walking between the forklift and the truck at a construction site near Broadway and Stewart Street when the forklift suddenly rolled forward at about 3:20 p.m., police said.
Emergency responders got the man out from between forklift and the truck then rushed him to Brookdale Hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.
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The man’s name had not been released as of Monday morning, according to police.
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