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Accident Kills Victim Pinned Between Shipping Container, Building Wall In Newark: Cops

Police in Newark are investigating an accident that killed a man pinned between a shipping container and a building's wall Tuesday, June 25.

Newark PD

Newark PD

Photo Credit: Jake D Oster Photography

Firefighters were called to a business on the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 3:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.

Newark Firefighters and members of the Newark Police Emergency Services Unit moved the container, freeing the victim, who was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m.

The incident remains under investigation, but foul play is not suspected, police said. It was not immediately clear whether or not this was an industrial accident.

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