Overview
- A 60-year-old man died in Geiselwind, Kitzingen district, after the front bucket of a wheel loader, a heavy construction vehicle, hit him during repair work.
- Police said he was working on the machine’s hydraulics when a 28-year-old colleague moved the loader and failed to see him.
- The bucket struck the man and caused critical injuries that left him unresponsive at the scene.
- Paramedics attempted to resuscitate him and took him to a hospital, where he died shortly afterward.
- The Kitzingen police have opened an investigation to determine the precise sequence of events and the cause of the fatal accident.