A CALLINGTON man was killed in an industrial accident near Brentor on Monday afternoon.

David John Facey was working at Sanders scrapyard, Heathfield, near Tavistock, at 5pm when the accident occurred.

Mr Facey, 48, died after becoming trapped under a lorry.

Police attended the scrapyard and found ambulance servicemen were already trying to resuscitate the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Tavistock doctor Mark Cullen.

A police helicopter landed at the scene but was not required.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed and has visited the scrapyard to carry out its own investigation into the accident.