Site worker dies in crash involving tractor, van and lorry in Edenfield
Police are appealing for witnesses after the crash on Rochdale Road
A site worker has died after a crash involving a tractor, a van and a lorry in Edenfield.
Emergency services were called at just after 11.20am on Monday 26th October to Rochdale Road, close to the junction of Bridgemills, Rochdale Road and Plunge Road, at the site of some temporary utility works.
The crash involved a green Deutz tractor, a Ford Transit van and a Mercedes drop side lorry.
A site worker, a man in his 60s, suffered injuries which proved fatal at the scene.
A second worker, a man in his 30s, was also injured and taken to hospital for treatment, though his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
An investigation is underway and enquiries are ongoing.
Police are keen to identify witnesses and motorists who may have seen the crash or passed the temporary road works, where contractors were erecting telegraph poles at the location.
They are particularly keen to identify anyone who may have seen a green tractor towing a black trailer in the area around the time of the crash.
Anyone with information, or CCTV, mobile or dashcam footage which could assist, is asked to call 101, quoting log 0437 of 26th October.
Alternatively, people can email the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at [email protected] .