A driver has died after a becoming trapped when tractor he was driving overturned in Camborne yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called around 5pm after the tractor, which was towing a large trailer, overturned at the entrance to Pendarves Farm.

The 42-year-old driver from St Austell became trapped under the tractor, and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

A police spokesperson said: "A specialist forensic investigation of the scene was carried out by police resulting in the access road to the farm being closed for six hours."

Police said the Health and Safety Executive has been informed, and officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses to the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting log number 579 of 06/07/15.