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Anita Merritt & Reanna Smith

Recovery worker crushed to death underneath broken down lorry in horrifying accident

A recovery driver who would "do anything for anyone" tragically died after being crushed underneath a broken down HGV that he had been called out to recover.

Brian Matthews had been assisting a lorry driver who had broken down in Exeter when he was killed in a horrifying accident on July 28, 2021.

An Inquest held at Exeter's County Hall on Wednesday (November 16), heard how the 61-year-old had been preparing the vehicle for recovery after he had assessed it and found a hydraulic leak, DevonLive reports.

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