Kettering Borough Council has launched an investigation into a fatal accident at a Great Bear Distribution warehouse in Northamptonshire earlier this month.

A spokeswoman for the council said it opened the investigation after it was handed the case by Northamp- tonshire police, who attended the incident at the Great Bear site in Magnetic Park, Desborough on 14 January.

In a written statement, Great Bear Distribution chief executive Glenn Lindfield confirmed that a major incident had taken place at 4.30am that day involving a collision between material handling equipment. A male employee had died as a result of injuries.

The firm has not named the victim or said how the accident occurred. Northamptonshire police said the victim was trapped but still alive when it arrived at the scene and confirmed that both fire and ambulance crews had attended.

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