Investigations are continuing into yesterday's tragic workplace accident at Thornton which claimed the life of a contractor.
Allan Newling, 55-year-old father-of-three died instantly when the amenities block he was unloading from his flatbed truck tipped and fell on him in the yeard of Onsite Rentals in Huntingdal Drive.
The precise circumstances leading up to the tragedy are still not known.
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BY IAN CROUCH
A report is being prepared for the Coroner after a man died in a workplace accident at Thornton.
It's understood the 56-year-old Lake Macquarie man was unloading a portable building from the back of a truck at an industrial estate in Huntingdale Drive at about 8.15 on Wednesday morning when the structure fell on top of him.
The man died at the scene.
Police and SafeWork NSW are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
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