Man dies after incident involving forklift truck

A generic view of Station Road in Erdington. A car wash business is visible, and queue of traffic is waiting at traffic lights.  Image source, Google
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Police were called to Station Road in Erdington

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A man has died after an incident involving a forklift truck, police have said.

Officers were called to reports of a man trapped under machinery in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands Police said.

The force said a man believed to be in his fifties was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after 10:14 BST on Tuesday.

Inquiries to establish exactly what happened are ongoing and the Health and Safety Executive had been informed, the force added.

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