Man dead after being accidentally run over by forklift near York

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A 24-year-old man died Tuesday after a forklift accident, the York County Sheriff’s Office says.

Lt. Alex Hildebrand said deputies responded to a workplace accident near Road 22 and Road H, just northwest of York.

Investigators think the man was accidentally run over by a forklift.  He was initially taken to a hospital in York.

Eventually, he was flown to a hospital in Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead.

The identity of the victim has not yet been released.