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WESTON-SUPER-MARE, UK – A farmer was crushed last year when his dog Jack Russell pushed a lever inside a forklift, causing it to penetrate to inside the vehicle, revealed an investigation.
The 70-year-old dairy farmer Derek Mead was building a rock garden at his home in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare, in the west of England, when the accident occurred. June of last year, reported the British press agency Press Association.
An investigation into Mead's death revealed that he had left the vehicle in neutral and did not apply the parking brake when he came out to open a door on his property.
Mead's dog remained inside the vehicle and would have jumped on the shuttle lever, sending the truck back to and from the farmer.
Mead was pronounced dead at the scene and a post mortem examination showed that the cause of her death was traumatic asphyxia and fractures of the spine.
Peter Harrowing, deputy coroner to Avon, said that Mead's death was a "very tragic accident," Friday said Friday's accidental death at the inquest.
"The most likely explanation, which I accept, is that the dog he had in the cabin with him that day inadvertently moved the shuttle lever, which caused the forward motion. Manitou, who sadly pinned Mr. Mead against the solid door, causing injuries that he did not survive, "said PA Harrowing.
Simon Chilcott, Senior Investigator for the Health and Safety Executive, added that there was no other "reasonable explanation" for Mead's death. He noted that operating the shuttle lever is as simple as a felt car indicator.
"It's quite clear in my mind that the lever had to be stalled when Derek left the cabin, otherwise he would have realized that the machine was moving and did something to rectify it," he concluded.
Mead's son, Alastair, told the investigation that he was driving down an alley near his family's house on the day of the accident, when he noticed that his father had been trapped by the vehicle.
"We stopped and I could see Dad's legs at the front of the machine," he said. "I could see that he was trapped. He was squatting, facing the machine as if he had returned to see the machine coming towards him and went down, trying to avoid it. "
He added that his father was being pushed by the vehicle against a locked door and that he was no longer reacting when he reached him.
Mead's family said during the investigation that he was "doing what he loved" when he died.
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