Fatal Forklift Ready for Anyone to Drive

A day after a 13-year-old died when the forklift he was driving crushed him in a Queens building supply yard, a Daily News reporter that the keys to the very same forklift were "still dangling from the ignition."

Kevin Hrcka had been visiting his father, who worked at the Miron Building Supply Company. While his dad was changing out of his work uniform, the teen found that the forklift's keys were in the ignition and decided to drive it. He was speeding around the lot and was fatally crushed when the forklift turned over.

News reporter Mike Jaccarino found not only the forklift's keys in the ignition, he also found a huge hole in the fence (see picture) to the Ridgewood company. A resident said, "This is very bad. Another accident could happen very easily."