Father dies in mysterious forklift accident in a mining town - as police charge ...
Father dies in drunken 3.20am forklift joyride gone wrong in a remote mining town as video taken moments before the machine rolled off the road leading to charges against his drinking buddy FIFO worker Joe Williams died after the forklift he was a passenger on rolled A man alleged to be the forklift driver has been charged over his death Police investigators found video of the crash on Mr Williams' mobile phone Mr Williams would have become a father just five days after his untimely death
A man has been charged over the death of a young father while he rode in a forklift at 3.20am in a mining town.
Joe Williams died at the scene after becoming trapped under the machine in the rural town of Middlemount, three hours west of Rockhampton in central Queensland.
Police alleged Mr Williams and a 42-year-old man from Sarina were drinking at a work shed when they decided to drive the forklift to a nearby sports club about 2.30am on July 24.
Joe Williams, 35, a FIFO worker from Brisbane, died on July 24 in the regional Queensland town of Middlemount,
