A 56-year-old worker was killed on Wednesday when he was crushed between a tractor trailer and a forklift in Baldwin, Nassau police said.

The worker, who was not identified by police, was unloading pallets of building material about 4:40 p.m. at a Grand Avenue construction site when the accident took place, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor, police said.

The Town of Hempstead confirmed the accident occurred at a construction site for a new four-story, 54-unit apartment building being built as part of the Baldwin Downtown Revitalization Project.

The site is the former home of the Cecere Funeral Home.

The town referred all further inquiries to police and to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Police have not

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