Man collapses and dies at Sheffield tip

Emergency services were called to the household waste and recycling centre on Greaves Lane in High Green this afternoon, Monday, July 20.

South Yorkshire Police said it was called to the site by ambulance staff at 2.18pm and a 60-year-old man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

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"His death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the coroner,” added a spokeswoman for the force.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it had been called to the site at 1.29pm to reports of a person having collapsed there.

Veolia, which runs waste and recycling services for Sheffield Council, said shortly after 1.45pm that the site would be closed today ‘until further notice’ due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.

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It has advised people to keep checking its website or Twitter account for updates on when the centre will reopen.