Investigation underway after Swiss demolition worker is crushed.
A 25-year-old Swiss man working on the demolition of a farm shed wall in a rural community in the canton of Vaud died on Monday when the wall collapsed on him.
The incident occurred at around 2.35pm in Mathod, a village of 556 people in the Jura-Nord Vaudois region, west of Yverdon-Les-Bains.
Vaud cantonal police said an investigation has been launched into why the wall fell down on the man.
Despite the rapid intervention of ambulance attendants and a doctor from the local hospital, the worker, a resident of Mathod, died on the spot, police said.
The local prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into the incident.
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