Late last week a man died after being crushed by a public toilet in the English capital of London. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was working to maintain a device known as a telescopic urinal.
According to the BBC, more than 25 fire and police officers and paramedics were on scene at the scene to try to pull the man out from under the public toilet.
The telescopic urinal is a type of urinal that is located under the sidewalk during the day and is raised at night for pedestrians. The equipment was installed in London more than 20 years ago to discourage the use of walls and trees as toilets.
It took teams more than two hours to remove the structure above the victim, who used a winch in the rescue.
A City of Westminster Council spokesman mourned the worker’s death and said the charity intends to help in any way it can with any investigation.
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