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Didcot probe ‘making meaningful progress’ nine years after tragedy

Aerial view from Paramotor of Didcot Power Station, Oxfordshire, England - The police said that the investigation into the partial collapse that killed four demolition workers is
Four workers died when the old boiler house partially collapsed in February 2016 (Image: Dave Price via Wikimedia Commons)

The investigation into the collapse at Didcot Power Station which killed four demolition workers “continues to make meaningful progress” nine years after the disaster, police have said.

Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable and John Shaw died after part of the old boiler house at the Didcot A plant collapsed while workers were preparing the structure for demolition on 23 February 2016.

Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive began a joint investigation into the collapse, which the force said is “moving towards the latter stages of [its] enquiries”.

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