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Blackburn teen critical after Garstang fork lift truck accident
1:13pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
A TEENAGER was today in a critical condition in the Royal Preston Hospital after being injured in a fork lift truck accident.
The Blackburn teen, who has not been named, sustained serious back injuries when he was thrown from a fork lift truck.
Police said the vehicle had overturned at welding firm Austin Walmsley Ltd, Leach Field Industrial Estate, Garstang, at around 1.15pm on Tuesday.
An investigation has been launched by police and the Health and Safety Executive into the incident.
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