3 arrested after Ark. man is killed by forklift

9:15 AM, May 1, 2012   |    comments
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HARRISBURG, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in northeast Arkansas say a teenager is accused of theft and negligent homicide after a man was crushed to death by a stolen forklift.

Police say deputies found 20-year-old Douglas Hanna pinned underneath a forklift early Saturday morning in Harrisburg. Poinsett County Sheriff Larry Mills tells The Jonesboro Sun (http://is.gd/HfyUGg) that the roll cage of the forklift crushed Hanna as it overturned.

Police arrested 19-year-old Jacob Cruz-Yancey on suspicion of negligent homicide, theft and criminal trespassing. He's accused of stealing the forklift from Poinsett Turfgrass Co. near the Craighead-Poinsett county line.

Two other men were arrested on theft charges in connection with the case. Authorities did not know if Cruz-Yancey had an attorney.

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