A ship worker has died after getting stuck in machinery at a Northfleet dock.

The man was unloading aggregates from a tanker at Red Lion Wharf when he was trapped in a conveyor belt.

Gravesend's lifeboat crew was called to the incident, near Crete Hall Road, at about 12.45am on Monday but was too late to help. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

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