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Construction worker 'crushed to death when nearly tonne of wet concrete poured on him'

UK: A "hugely experienced" construction worker was crushed to death when nearly a tonne of concrete collapsed on him in a tunnel, an inquest has heard.

Rene Tkacik, 44, was working on a Crossrail site in central London on March 7 last year when the wet concrete poured down on him.

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