Fatal work-related incident at Tawa

A person has died after becoming trapped under their work vehicle in Tawa this afternoon.

The incident in Lyndhurst Road was reported to police at 2.20pm.

Enquiries into the circumstances are under way, however initial indications are that the vehicle rolled down a small bank on the residential street.

The incident will be referred to WorkSafe.

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