A WAREHOUSE worker suffered severe crush injuries after getting caught between a forklift truck and some metal racks.

Ambulance crews were called to the Tesco warehouse in Dolphin Way, Purfleet, at teatime yesterday where they were told the 25-year-old Grays man had sustained injuries to his stomach area.

The man was taken to Basildon Hospital for tests.

There will be an investigation to find the cause of the accident.

Published Thursday, November 24, 2005