POLICE have revealed the name of a 23-year-old man who was killed in a tragic accident at Portland on Tuesday afternoon where the tip tray on his vehicle failed.
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Peel resident Michael Booth was delivering a load of firewood to a property on Reservoir Road at around 2.15pm when he began to have problems with the hydraulic lifter on the tip tray of the small truck carrying the wood.
He went to investigate the problem.
Police officers’ initial observations suggest that a weld on the back of the chassis rail failed, and that allowed the unit to rock forward on the pivot ram, crushing the man.
However, the vehicle will be subjected to a more thorough examination.
The property owner was present when the accident happened and called police straight away. Police Rescue also attended the scene and it took them more than two hours to release the body.
A report has been sent to the coroner. Workcover were informed about the accident but won’t investigate.
