Forklift crushes boy to death at sawmill

Sunday 20 September 1998 23:02 BST

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A TEENAGE boy died yesterday when a forklift truck toppled over and crushed him, police said.

Detectives are now investigating his death at Caerwys sawmill in Afon- wen, North Wales.

Two men aged 18 and 21 have been arrested. Emergency services were called to the mill at 2am to find the boy, aged 16, trapped under the forklift truck, which had overturned. Paramedics battled to free him but the teenager from Holywell, North Wales, died at the scene.

Police would not speculate on the circumstances surrounding the death and a Home Office pathologist has been informed.

The two men who were arrested are being questioned at Mold police station.

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