Man run over by forklift near York is identified

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Courtesy York County Sheriff's Office

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Authorities have identified the man who was killed in a forklift accident this week in York County.

The York County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Ponciano Nimaha-Gutierrez died from his injuries.

He was a 24-year-old from Guatemala.

The accident happened Tuesday at a workplace near Road 22 and Road H, just northwest of York.

Lt. Alex Hildebrand said Nimaha-Gutierrez was accidentally run over by a forklift.

He died at a Lincoln hospital.

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