An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Hull man who was crushed between two vehicles while working in Plymouth.
The man, aged 25, died on Tuesday evening while working in the Glenholt area of the city.
Police said the man had been crushed between two vehicles as he tried to load a Volkswagen Transporter van onto a trailer. The other vehicle involved is thought to have been a Land Rover which was stationary at the time.
Passers-by tried to pull the man out from between the two vehicles and revive him before paramedics worked to save his life at the scene. The man was taken to Derriford Hospital where he died.
The Health and Safety Executive is now carrying out an inquiry into the incident which occurred around 6.20pm.
All three emergency services attended with specialist officers working late into the night to investigate what happened.
A supermarket delivery driver was one of the first on the scene and had tried to help revive the casualty with other passers-by.
The man, who asked not to be named, was delivering to Glenholt Road at the time.
He said: "I was coming round the corner when I saw the man trapped between the two vehicles.
"There were two other men, one walking down the street with his girlfriend and another with his young boy.
"Some neighbours called an ambulance while we pried him out from between the vehicles.
"We gave him CPR for three or four minutes until an ambulance, a doctor and a quick response vehicle turned up and they took over.
"They laid him out on the road and began helping him. I have never seen anything like it. It was not nice to see."
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "At 6.19pm on Tuesday, April 29, an incident took place on Glenholt Road involving a stationary Land Rover Defender with a two-axle flatbed trailer attached which was carrying a Volkswagen Transporter van.
"Weather and road conditions were dry and fine.
"A male from the Hull area had collected the Volkswagen Transporter van from an address in Glenholt Road and was in the process of loading it onto the trailer when an incident occurred causing the male to be crushed between the vehicles.
"The male was conveyed to Derriford Hospital but sadly died of his injuries."
Initial police reports said the man had been aged 27 but this has now been corrected to 25.
Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101 quoting log number 654 of April 29.
