VIC:Injured forklift driver wasn't licensed

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2011
VIC:Injured forklift driver wasn't licensed

A Melbourne jury's been told a forklift operator who was left with permanent brain
damage after being crushed by a 700 kilo crate he was moving wasn't trained or licensed
to operate the machine.

WALLY HIDALGO was 21 when the crate of glass he was unloading from a truck at a Dandenong
warehouse when it fell on him in July 2006.

The Victorian County Court's heard Mr HIDALGO is now in a persistent vegetative state.

Black and White Recruitment Solutions .. the labour hire company Mr HIDALGO worked
for .. which is now in liquidation .. has been charged over the incident.

The trial continues tomorrow.

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KEYWORD: FORKLIFT (MELBOURNE)

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