He was coming to deliver a forklift truck to a company in Loué (Sarthe) when the fatal accident took place.
A 49-year-old man lost his life on Monday morning after being run over by the machine that allegedly fell on him after losing control, reports
Le Maine Libre
.
The facts occurred shortly after 8:30 am in a factory, specializing in the conveyance of parts, which is in the process of emptying its equipment following a judicial liquidation.
The cart was probably intended to transport it, says the daily.
Several witnesses attended the scene but no employee of the company in question had been working on site since the cessation of activity last November.
The gendarmerie of La Suze-sur-Sarthe, in parallel with a procedure opened by the labor inspectorate, opened an investigation.
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