Five die in wall collapse at Birmingham recycling site

Five die in wall collapse at Birmingham recycling site

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/07/five-killed-by-wall-coll...

Five men have been crushed to death after a huge concrete wall collapsed at a recycling site in Birmingham.

Police were called to Hawkeswood Metal Recycling in the Nechells area of the city on Thursday morning after receiving reports that a wall had collapsed. Emergency services attended but the workers could not be saved and were pronounced dead at the scene.

They said the men, who police believe were all from Africa, were crushed to death underneath the eight-metre-tall concrete and metal structure shortly before 9am on Thursday. A sixth man suffered a broken leg but managed to free himself from the rubble, the West Midlands ambulance service said.

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