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Lehigh Valley Worker Killed In Forklift Accident: Coroner

A 61-year-old worker was killed Monday, March 14 in a forklift accident at a Lehigh Valley facility, authorities said.

Russell Molter

Russell Molter

Photo Credit: Google Maps (Satellite View)/inset: Facebook/Russell Molter

Russell Molter, of Zionsville, was working at the Home Depot distribution center in the 8000 block of Willard Drive in Breinigsville when two forklifts collided, seriously injuring Molter's leg, Upper Macungie Police Lt. Peter Nickischer said.

He was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, the lieutenant said.

An autopsy performed on Tuesday, March 15, determined that his cause of death was "blunt force injuries of a left lower extremity," and that his death was accidental, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said.

He graduated from Whitehall High School, according to his Facebook profile.

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