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Multimillionaire farmer crushed to death after pet dog pushed lever inside truck and pinned him against gate

An inquest has learned that his dog knocked the shuttle lever which moves the forklift forwards and backwards, resulting in the crash
UPDATED NOV 25, 2018

A 70-year-old multi-millionaire farmer was crushed to death by a forklift truck after his dog pushed a lever in the vehicle, an inquest has revealed.

Derek Mead was building a rockery near a pond at his home in Somerset, UK, on June 4, 2017 when he was killed in the freak accident, The Bristol Post reported. The dairy farmer had driven his mounted truck to the entrance of his property. Leaving the vehicle in neutral with the handbrake off and the engine running, he went to open the gate, according to BBC News.

However, the vehicle suddenly moved forward, and he was crushed between the truck and the entrance metal gate.

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