Arkansas man killed on the job in ND oil patch

STANLEY, N.D. (AP) — An Arkansas man working in the western North Dakota oil patch has been killed on the job.

Stanley Police Chief Kris Halvorson tells KXMC-TV (https://bit.ly/V0fdm8 ) that 51-year-old Alan Eberhard of Harrisburg, Arkansas, died at a hospital after an incident at Dalton Logistics on Tuesday.

Halvorson says Eberhard was working on a payloader hose when the forklift on the machine collapsed, pinning him.

Eberhard’s body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.

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Information from: KXMC-TV, https://www.kxnet.com