Forklift operator loading truck crushed to death in Brooklyn

A man was crushed to death as he loaded up a truck in Brooklyn on Thursday, images from the scene show.

He was operating a forklift loading items into the back of a truck on Columbia St. near Bay St. in an industrial section of Red Hook when something fell on him, the grisly images reveal.

Firefighters respond after a worker was fatally crushed by a container while operating a forklift on Columbia Street and Creamer Street in Brooklyn, New York City on Thursday, November 24, 2022.

The man was pinned between the haul in the truck and the fork lift.

Medics responding to a 911 call discovered the man around 5:35 p.m., the FDNY said.

He was dead at the scene.

His name was not immediately released.

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