A TEENAGER was run over by a forklift truck on an Ipswich industrial estate this afternoon.

A TEENAGER was run over by a forklift truck on an Ipswich industrial estate this afternoon.

The 17-year-old was believed to have been injured on the site of Hemisphere Freight Services on the Ransomes Industrial Estate in Bluestem Road at around 1pm.

A spokeswoman for the East of England Ambulance Service said the patient had been taken to Ipswich Hospital for further treatment.

Suffolk police said the boy suffered leg injuries that were not thought to be serious.