Crime & Safety
Construction Worker Pinned And Killed By Forklift in San Gabriel
A man was killed in Pomona Friday morning when he fell and was pinned by a forklift.
POMONA, CA —A worker was killed Friday in a construction accident involving a forklift in Pomona, authorities said.
Paramedics sent to the construction site near the eastbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway at Kellogg Drive about 9:40 a.m. pronounced the man dead, the county fire department reported.
Information was not immediately available on his identity or age.
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The accident apparently involved a fall of about 30 feet that left the worker pinned by the forklift, according to reports from the scene.
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