Delivery driver dies following 'medical incident' at Port Clarence landfill site

A man has died following a "medical incident" at a Teesside landfill site.

The North East Ambulance Service was called to Augean's Port Clarence Waste Recovery Park in Middlesbrough on Monday at around 1:24pm following reports that a man had become unwell while making a delivery at the site.

Two emergency ambulances and one clinical team leader arrived to support the patient, who was in his 60s, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Cleveland Police have confirmed the man's death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is currently being prepared for the coroner.

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: "Police were contacted by ambulance service colleagues shortly after 1:30pm yesterday (Monday 22nd May), reporting they were treating a man who had become unwell at his workplace in Port Clarence.

"Very sadly the man, who is in his 60s, was declared deceased a short time later. His next of kin has been informed.

"The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the Coroner. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time."

A NEAS spokesperson said: "We were called at 1:24pm to a medical incident at Port Clarence Landfill Site in Middlesbrough. We sent one clinical team leader and two emergency ambulances."

A spokesman for Augean said: “Augean can confirm that very sadly a driver making a delivery was suddenly taken ill and died while onsite yesterday afternoon.

"We would like to thank our staff members who gave immediate assistance as well as the emergency services who attended.

"Our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of the man who has died and we would ask that their privacy is respected at this time.”

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