A man who died after becoming trapped under the waste disposal truck he was driving in Watford, has been identified as Peter Coleman.

Mr Coleman, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, died in hospital hours after becoming trapped under the waste disposal truck he was driving during a collection at Woodside Leisure Park on Saturday, October 11.

An investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing. At the time police suggested the 54-year-old got out of the truck before it rolled back on him. As a result of the incident, the truck caught fire.

The investigation is being led by Hertfordshire Constabulary.  

He was airlifted to hospital with "extremely serious injuries" from the rear of the Woodside Leisure Park shortly after 6.33am that morning.

Earlier this month, Tony Goodman, operations director of Cawleys, told the Watford Observer his driver was on a routine pick-up of chemical waste and recyclable material from the site off the Kingsway North Orbital 
Road when tragedy struck.