Man dies after Port of Felixstowe industrial accident

The incident happened quayside just before 3pm yesterday

Saturday 08 August 2015 12:23 BST

The Port of Felixstowe, in Suffolk, is the UK’s busiest container port (Getty Images)

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A man has died after an accident at the country’s biggest container port.

The industrial incident happened quayside at the Port of Felixstowe just before 3pm yesterday.

Paramedics at the port tried to save the man, understood to be in his 50s, but he died shortly afterwards, the BBC reports.

The Health and Safety Executive is working with Suffolk Police to investigate what happened.

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