LEWISTON – An employee of the Walmart Distribution Center was taken to Central Maine Medical Center with unknown injuries Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by a forklift in the center’s parking lot.
Lewiston Police Lt. David St. Pierre said that around 1:58 p.m., employees from the distribution center at 31 Alfred A Plourde Parkway called for an ambulance after someone was struck by a forklift.
St. Pierre said because the incident happened on Walmart property and not on a public way, the Lewiston Police Department did not investigate.
“In situations like this, where an ambulance is called, we usually show up, but since it happened on a private lot on Walmart’s property, Walmart does the investigating,” St. Pierre said. “If it ends up being a serious injury, they contact the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.”
A phone call to the Walmart Distribution Center was not immediately returned Wednesday night.
Emergency vehicles arrive at the Walmart Distribution Center on Alfred Plourde Parkway in Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon for a report of a person struck by a forklift in the parking lot. The injured person was taken to Central Maine Medical Center. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
The entrance to the Walmart Distribution Center on Alfred Plourde Parkway in Lewiston on Wednesday. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
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