A tragic incident occurred in Carthage, where a 7-year-old child was fatally struck by a forklift yesterday afternoon, according to reports from Cincinnati police. The incident happened on private property near the 200 block of West North Bend, as detailed in a Cincinnati Enquirer article. In a sad statement, the police referred to this heartbreaking event as an accident.
Further information provided by WLWT shares that the tragic event took place around 3 p.m., and at the time of their report, the child had not been identified by officials. The area of the accident was Rosewood Drive. This specific detail highlights the proximity to domestic life where such perils unluckily encroach, and despite the immediate response, the young life was lost due to the inflicted trauma.
The private property on which the child was struck belonged to a family business, as pointed out in an article from FOX19. Rescue crews rushed to the area near Rosewood Street and West Seymour Avenue following the distressing accident, which was registered to have occurred around 3:40 p.m.
