A truck driver died in a freak accident in canton Zurich yesterday.
The 32-year-old man parked the lorry, but likely forgot to use the handbrake. It started to roll down a slope.
He ran after it, but it struck a street light and the lamp on top fell and hit the driver on the head - killing him instantly.
Police say the exact course of events are being investigated.
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