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Haverhill warehouse: Man dies in chilled storage 'accident' | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A man trapped for 24 hours beneath storage units in a chilled food warehouse, has died, police confirmed. | |
Rescue teams were called to reports of a man trapped under collapsed storage units on Iceni Way in Haverhill, Suffolk, at 13:44 GMT on Thursday. | |
The man in his 40s died at the scene, at Culina Logistics' temperature-controlled storage facility. | |
Suffolk Police said nobody else was hurt and there was no wider risk to the public. | |
Emergency services are still at the scene and police are continuing to investigate the death. | |
Culina Logistics CEO Steve Winwood said: "It is with the deepest regret that I am now in a position to confirm that a serious accident occurred, which tragically resulted in the fatality of Dzintars Klementjevs at our Haverhill site. | |
"Dzintars had worked with the company for six years in total and was a highly valued and respected member of the warehouse team. He will be sadly missed." | |
"The management team is cooperating fully with the authorities to establish the circumstances surrounding this tragic accident." | |
According to the company's website the 191,000 sq ft warehouse has capacity for 23,500 pallets. | According to the company's website the 191,000 sq ft warehouse has capacity for 23,500 pallets. |