Death of Matthew Drummond was an accident
Date published: 15 September 2017
Matthew Drummond
An inquest jury in Heywood has concluded that the death of Matthew Drummond was an accident.
Mr Drummond was delivering sand to a waterlogged farm off Heywood Old Road, Middleton when his crane touched overhead cables on 8 April 2016.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A police investigation into suspected gross negligence manslaughter found there was no case to answer.
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