Road shut as Parkway death investigated

Town centre closed off to traffic as police investigate death at Parkway site

NORTHBROOK Street in Newbury is still closed to traffic as police continue to investigate the death of a man killed at the Parkway construction site today (Wednesday).

Officers from Thames Valley Police were called to the £150 million Costain development at 9.10am this morning following a report of a forklift truck overturning.

The driver of the truck, a 41-year-old man from Oxfordshire, was pronounced dead at the scene, and police are treating the death as unexplained.

Formal identification is not expected to take place today and will be released by the Coroner once available.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed of the incident and officers will hand over the investigation as soon as it is practicable to do so.

See tomorrow's Newbury Weekly News for a full report of this story.