Child Killed in Forklift Accident Over the Weekend in Muscle Shoals

A CHILD WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A FORKLIFT ACCIDENT IN COLBERT COUNTY. ON SATURDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM THE MUSCLE SHOALS POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT ON THE TVA RESEVATION IN MUSCLE SHOALS WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED INVOLVING TWO JUVENILES. THE JUVENILES WERE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THEIR PARENTS AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE PARENTS’ PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, ON THE TVA RESERVATION IN MUSCLE SHOALS. TWO JUVENILES SNUCK AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS TO PLAY INSIDE A WAREHOUSE AND WERE ABLE TO LOCATE A FORKLIFT. THE OLDER OF THE 2 CHILDREN WAS OPERATING THE FORKLIFT WHEN THE YOUNGER CHILD FELL OFF. AFTER DETECTIVES CONDUCTED SEVERAL INTERVIEWS AND PROCESSED THE SCENE WHERE THIS OCCURRED, THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL BY THE MUSCLE SHOALS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CHILD’S BODY WAS SENT TO THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CHILD.

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