FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL DIES IN FORKLIFT ACCIDENT

Muscle Shoals police are investigating the death of a five year old girl that died from injuries she received in a forklift accident.

According to authorities, the incident occurred Saturday around 3:50 pm at a warehouse on Reservation Road on the TVA Reservation in Muscle Shoals.

The forklift was reportedly being operated by a nine year old.
Investigators are trying to determine the exact nature of the accident and how the incident occurred.

Colbert County Coroner Justin Gasque confirmed a five year old female died at a warehouse on Reservation Road after she was apparently run over by a forklift.
The child’s body was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy.

Sources close to the situation tell the Insider the incident did not involve TVA equipment or property but was at a leased storage warehouse close to TVA Credit Union that was reportedly used to store fabric.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time.