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17-Year-Old Injured in Forklift Accident

ambulanceA 17-year-old Osceola boy has been hospitalized after being run over by a forklift in eastern Nebraska.

Authorities say the accident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Saturday on a farm southeast of Ulysses in Butler County. The forklift was driven by an 18-year-old man.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office says the boy has been flown to a Lincoln hospital. His name and condition haven’t been released. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

A sheriff’s dispatcher said Monday that she had no information on the situation.

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