Costain M25 death: police investigate reversing lorry

Kent Police and the Health and Safety Executive are understood to have identified a reversing lorry as key to the death of a 38-year-old Costain surveyor on a road project in Kent.

Richard Caddock was killed last Tuesday on the M25 site near Dartford where Costain is working on a £62m road widening scheme for the Highways Agency.

The investigation is thought to be looking at whether Caddock heard the lorry above the noise of passing motorway traffic.

Almost 10% of deaths on construction sites have been caused by moving vehicles, according to HSE figures.