An engineer who tragically died at Morrisons Warehouse in Wakefield was killed when the roof he had been called in to inspect collapsed, it has emerged.
West Yorkshire Police (WYP) were called to the warehouse at 41 Business Park, Kenmore Road, by paramedics at 10.20am on Monday. It followed reports a man had been seriously injured while working at the site as a contractor. He was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.
Now, Morrisons has confirmed the man was part of a team of engineers who had been called in to inspect a roof at the site. A spokesperson said: "There was a tragic accident today at our Wakefield site.