Soest (dpa / lnw) – A 64-year-old worker died in an accident on a construction site in Soest. He was pinched by a bundle of iron bars while unloading a truck, the police said on Wednesday. The man died at the scene of the accident.

It was initially unclear how the accident happened on Wednesday afternoon on the construction site in downtown Soest. The criminal police and the Office for Occupational Safety are investigating – according to a police spokeswoman, this is routine with such accidents at work.