An Atlanta man was killed in a forklift accident in Austell on Thursday morning, Cobb County police said.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. at a business in the 3000 block of Humphries Hill Road.
Austell officers found 40-year-old Calvin Carter dead underneath a forklift, Cobb police Officer Mike Bowman said in a news release.
Cobb police were called to assist the Austell Police Department. A preliminary investigation by Cobb detectives indicated that the forklift, which was elevated on jacks, fell while Carter was working on it.
No foul play is suspected, Bowman said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Cobb County Police Department at 770-499-3945.
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