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Man dies after getting pinned between truck and forklift

Man dies after getting pinned between truck and forklift
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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - A man died after getting pinned between a forklift and a small crane truck.

The Florida Highway Patrol says 58-year-old James Padgett was stacking boxes on a forklift at Mader Electrical Motors in North Fort Myers when a small truck with a crane attached to it backed into him, pinning him between the truck and the forklift. 

Padgett was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

 

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