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Five men killed in industrial accident in U.K.

Published - July 07, 2016 07:20 pm IST - LONDON:

After a large concrete wall collapsed at a scrap metal recycling plant near Birmingham.

Five men were on Thursday crushed to death after a large concrete wall collapsed at a scrap metal recycling plant near Birmingham in central England.

Police were called to Hawkeswood Metal in Nechells area of the city after receiving reports that a wall had collapsed.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said members of the emergency services attended the scene but the men were pronounced dead.

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And he survived with a broken leg

A sixth man managed to scramble free from the rubble and was taken to Heartlands Hospital with a broken leg.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, ambulance crews found that a wall had collapsed.

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“Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the five men who had been working next to it.”

The five men were all employees at the site.

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