A 26-year-old young man died this Friday after being trapped in a clothing container in the Malaga town of Vélez-Málaga, as reported by the unified emergency service 112 of Andalusia.

The accident occurred in an apartment complex in the town of Chilches around 5:45 p.m., when a witness to the events notified the coordination center upon finding a person trapped by the neck in a container after allegedly trying to grab clothing, as he told the Local Police officers deployed to the scene.

Once the victim’s body was rescued by members of the Provincial Consortium Firefighters, the emergency services of the Andalusian Health Service have certified his death. The National Police has activated the judicial protocol to clarify the circumstances of the event.