Boy, 12, charged after alleged forklift joyride through Adelaide CBD

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• A 12-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly stealing a forklift and driving it through Adelaide's city centre, narrowly missing a bus. A bus driver alerted police about 10.45pm on Tuesday after seeing the forklift on the wrong side of Grote Street.
• Officers later found the abandoned forklift in a Franklin Street car park. The vehicle was allegedly taken from a construction site at the Adelaide Central Market.
• Police reviewed CCTV footage and arrested the boy from Park Holme on Market Street about 1am on Wednesday.