Monday, December 19, 2011

YWN [chicago-aneinu] Satmar Teen Critically Injured After Forklift Accident Inside Williamsburg Armory

teenager was critically injured Sunday after he crashed a forklift inside a Williamsburg armory. The unidentified 17-year-old was part of a crew dismantling a stage fro the Satmar “Chuf Alef Kslev Seudh” inside the state-owned armory on Marcy Ave. near Heyward St. about 6:30 p.m. He backed into a metal beam and was wedged behind the wheel of the forklift, witnesses said. Advertise On YWN » The teen was among workers dismantling a stage following a gathering on Motzei Shabbos to mark the 67th anniversary of Satmar Rebbe’s escape from Hungary during the Nazi occupation in 1944. The injured teen was taken to Bellevue hospital in Manhattan where he was listed in critical condition, police said. Please be Mispallel for Yaakov Meir ben Bina. (Source: NY Daily News)

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