An employee of a Lake Forest automotive service shop has been critically injured after a customer ran over him in one of the shop’s service bays, according to a news report.
Lake Forest police said that a 50-year-old man who works at the Midas Auto Center on Rockfield Boulevard was directing a customer into a service bay when the driver hit the gas too hard and knocked him to the ground. He was then pulled across a floor lift and pinned against a back wall of the shop.
The unidentified victim was impaled on the lift, and suffered severe injuries to his torso and head. He was taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo in critical condition.
The driver — a 62-year-old woman — did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident, according to police.
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