Pop-up urinal crushed man to death when it 'dropped suddenly' during repairs

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Pop-up urinal crushed man to death when it 'dropped suddenly' during repairs
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An inquest has been told the man killed by a falling hydraulic urinal in London’s West End last month was crushed after becoming trapped underneath it while carrying out repair works.

’s West End last month was crushed after becoming trapped underneath it while carrying out repair works, an inquest has been told.after the pop-up public toilet ‘dropped quite suddenly’ on January 27.Police said CCTV footage captured the moment the urinal fell.A police tent at Cambridge Circus on the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road in London

The court heard Mr Holding, of Beckenham, southeast London, was a contractor employed by Hi-tech Washroom Solutions Limited, the BBC reports.

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