A forklift overturned in New Taipei City today. The man was pinned down by the overturned forklift. Firefighters rescued him with no signs of life. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. The exact cause of the incident is now being clarified by the police investigation.
The New Taipei City Fire Department received a report at 10:35 this morning that an industrial safety accident had occurred on Zhongyang 4th Street, Xindian District. The fire department dispatched 14 people in 5 vehicles to rescue them. When the vehicles arrived, they found a man surnamed Zhang (57 years old) who had been overturned. The forklift was pressed down, and when the firefighters rescued the person, there was no sign of life. He was being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and the situation was not optimistic.
It is understood that when Zhang Nan operated the forklift to drive onto the rear body of the truck, the center of gravity was suspected to be unstable and shifted, and the whole vehicle overturned to the right. Zhang Nan had no time to escape, and fell with the forklift, and was stacked instead. The machine is pressed. The exact cause of the incident is now being clarified by the police investigation.
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