Tuesday, 11 April 2017 - 5:40pm |
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Name release – incident at Closeburn, Queenstown area

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Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Inglis

Police can now release the name of a man who died in a workplace accident in the Queenstown area yesterday afternoon (Monday 10 April).

He was Phillip Anderson Loving, 63-years-old, of the United States and the Queenstown area.

Mr Loving, an American citizen, died after a work truck trapped him against a wall while working on a septic tank at Closeburn Station yesterday afternoon.

The second man, a 19-year-old, who was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital with critical injuries remains in a stable condition.

Police’s thoughts are with Mr Loving’s family, friends and colleagues at this time.

WorkSafe has been notified.

ENDS

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