June 8, 2017 11.33 am This story is over 80 months old

Elderly man dies after being trapped by car and garage door

A 72-year-old man has died after he became pinned at a garage door by a car at an address in North Lincolnshire. Humberside Police officers were called by ambulance crews to a property on Westgate Road, Belton, near Scunthorpe at around 12.20pm on Wednesday, June 7. The man had become trapped between a silver Vauxhall…

A 72-year-old man has died after he became pinned at a garage door by a car at an address in North Lincolnshire.

Humberside Police officers were called by ambulance crews to a property on Westgate Road, Belton, near Scunthorpe at around 12.20pm on Wednesday, June 7.

The man had become trapped between a silver Vauxhall Zafira and a garage door.

Humberside Fire and Rescue crews also attended in an attempt to free the man, but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

The road remained closed until 3pm.

Anyone with information about the incident should call 101, quoting incident number 201 of June 7.