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Gronau (dpa / lnw) - A 60-year-old excavator driver was killed in a construction site accident in Gronau, Münsterland.

According to the first findings of the police, the man tried on Monday morning to lift a heavy object with a telescopic arm excavator.

The excavator had overturned and the driver fell out of the cab, the officials said.

The office for occupational safety and the police took over the investigation.

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