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Metal claw crushes man to death | |
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A 24-year-old man has been crushed to death by a mechanical claw while in a van at a Southampton scrapyard. | |
Barry Collins, of Millbrook, Southampton, died after the accident at James Huntley and Sons Scrap Metal and Merchants in Sholing, on Thursday. | |
Hampshire Constabulary and the Health and Safety Executive have launched a joint investigation and will prepare a report for the coroner. | Hampshire Constabulary and the Health and Safety Executive have launched a joint investigation and will prepare a report for the coroner. |
A criminal investigation into the death is not being carried out. | A criminal investigation into the death is not being carried out. |
Mr Collins had taken a vehicle to the site to be scrapped. | |
It is believed he then returned to get something from a van after the crushing process began. | It is believed he then returned to get something from a van after the crushing process began. |
A crane with pincers designed to break vehicles picked up the van and crushed it before he could get out. | A crane with pincers designed to break vehicles picked up the van and crushed it before he could get out. |
The emergency services were called to the site at 1100 BST on Thursday but Mr Collins died at the scene. | |
Family and friends have been leaving floral tributes at the scrapyard since the accident. | Family and friends have been leaving floral tributes at the scrapyard since the accident. |
A post-mortem examination at Southampton General Hospital on Friday revealed Mr Collins died of head and shoulder injuries. |
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