Wortley murder inquiry after death of delivery driver

An Amazon supply driver was killed as he tried to cease a thief stealing his van in Leeds, police have mentioned.

Officers have been referred to as to stories of a person discovered critically injured in Heights Drive, Wortley, simply earlier than 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

A homicide inquiry was launched after the person, considered in his 40s, was pronounced useless on the scene following emergency therapy by ambulance workers.

Police mentioned they believed the motive force had returned to his van after delivering a parcel and located a male making an attempt to steal the automobile who then drove it away “at pace”.

Police mentioned preliminary inquiries advised the Amazon driver had delivered a package deal at about 18:45 BST to an handle about half a mile away in Alliance Street.

He returned and tried to cease the person stealing his silver Ford Transit van, which was then pushed off with the sufferer nonetheless partly within the passenger door.

The van then hit two parked vehicles in Heights Drive and was pushed away, leaving the sufferer injured on the street between the junctions of Heights Way and Heights Bank.

The automobile was recovered in Highlands Walk, Belle Isle, a short while later, police mentioned.

The sufferer’s household had been knowledgeable, however he had not but been formally named, based on West Yorkshire Police.

Det Ch Insp James Entwistle mentioned: “Our investigation stays at an early stage however, primarily based on what we at the moment know, this seems to be a very stunning incident the place the sufferer has been killed whereas going about his enterprise as a parcel supply driver.

“His household has been knowledgeable and they’re fully devastated about what has occurred.

“We are working to assist them at what’s a very troublesome time and are doing every thing we are able to to get them the solutions they want.”

Det Ch Insp Entwistle added that “in depth inquiries” have been being carried out to ascertain what had occurred and “to determine the particular person whose extremely harmful actions have been accountable for inflicting his dying”.

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