'Colleague' of man who died after 'wall collapse' incident pleaded with neighbours for help

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The colleague of a man who died following a 'wall collapse' at a house was reportedly 'knocking on doors' and 'shouting for help' after the tragedy.

Emergency services, including police, fire crews and an air ambulance, were scrambled to the scene of the fatal incident at a house on Lloyd Street South, near Fallowfield, at around 3pm on Saturday (September 16).

It is understood renovation work was being carried out on the end-terrace at the time. Crews were called to reports of concerns for the welfare of a man at the property however, despite the best efforts of paramedics, a man aged in his 40s died at the scene.

Police said the man was believed to have been involved in a 'workplace accident' amid reports of a wall collapsing. READ MORE: Mum who sold her XL Bully pup Rambo to 'protect' her four-year-old son says she's relieved the breed is being banned READ MORE: 'You just have to do what you can' - A wall of bins marks the street where neighbours are grieving a shocking tragedy The following day, Sunday (September 17), after the large emergency services presence had left the scene and police tape had been taken down, neighbours told of hearing a man knocking on doors and shouting for help, claiming that somebody had been hurt. "We had a knock at the door and I told my daughter to go out, a man was shouting for help saying a man was hurt," one Lloyd Street South neighbour told the M.E.N. "When my daughter got to the door, [the man] was already out speaking to another woman.