Man, 82, crushed to death in car at Munich scrapyard
Police said the car was meant to be scrapped and the man must have climbed into it without being noticed.
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Police said the car was meant to be scrapped and the man must have climbed into it without being noticed.
An 82-year-old man was fatally crushed in a car at a Munich scrapyard after climbing into a vehicle intended for scrapping without being noticed.
A 82-year-old man was crushed to death in a scrapyard in Munich when a crane operator inadvertently compressed a car he had entered unnoticed.
An 82-year-old man was fatally crushed in a car at a Munich scrapyard after climbing into a vehicle intended for scrapping without being noticed.
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