Police have issued a condition update on a man injured by a pallet or crate which killed another man in Rainham.
The Metropolitan Police were called at 1.41pm yesterday (August 5) to Suttons Business Park in New Road, Rainham, to reports of two people injured.
Despite the efforts of police and London's Air Ambulance a man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was injured.
A Met Police spokesperson said they believed both were "struck by a pallet or crate" and today issued an update on the second injured man.
"His condition was not life-threatening," a Met Police spokesperson said.
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The next of kin of the man who died were told yesterday by police, as well as the Health and Safety Executive, who we have approached for a statement.
Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) also attended the scene.
LFB sent two fire engines, a rescue unit and 15 firefighters to New Road.
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