Crane crushed site visitor inside van

摘要

A tragic miscommunication resulted in a member of the public being crushed to death by a scrapyard grab claw, Southampton Crown Court has heard.rnBarry Collins, 24, and his brother Joey visited the scrapyard in Sholing, Southampton on 2 August 2007. They were friends with the site's managing director and had previously been allowed to inspect vehicles for parts they could sell.rnOn the day of the incident, the brothers visited the site to inspect a van that was positioned next to an unmanned mobile grab-claw crane. Barry was inside the vehicle when the crane operator returned to his post and powered up the device.