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SWMRcrush – By Adam Dutton This is the horror moment a welder was left seriously injured after being crushed by a huge excavation bucket at a shipyard. David Vinsome, 37, sustained multiple rib fractures as well as internal injuries, including an abdominal wall burst, at Pallion Shipyard in Sunderland. CCTV captured the moment he was crushed between an excavation bucket and a fabrication table on October 18, 2022. The company Midland Steel Traders Ltd has now been fined £100,000 following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). At the time of the incident, welders had been using an…

SWBNhit – By Adam Dutton Cops are on the hunt for a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene. The male victim was walking past Stechford Retail Park on Audley Road in Stechford, Birmingham, when he was mown down at around 9.10pm on Sunday (9/2). Passersby dialled 999 but despite the best efforts of paramedics the man was pronounced dead at the scene. West Midlands Police have launched a manhunt for the hit-and-run driver and are appealing for them to hand themselves in. Detective Sergeant Rich Evans, from the Serious Collision Investigation Team, said: “Enquiries are underway…