Overview
- Emergency services were called just after 6:40am to the Mill Street and Bridge Street mini-roundabout, where a Herefordshire Council waste lorry struck a building.
- A man in his 60s who was a passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, according to West Mercia Police.
- The driver and a second passenger were airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and their injuries are not believed to be life‑threatening.
- No one was inside the building at the time, which sustained significant structural damage; the lorry has been recovered but cordons and local road closures remain.
- Police, multiple fire crews, West Midlands Ambulance Service teams including HART, MERIT and MARS, and Midlands Air Ambulance responded, with the Herefordshire Tactical Co‑ordination Group overseeing the ongoing inquiry.