A man has died after becoming trapped under his vehicle.

The incident took place at around 8pm on Wednesday (February 1) in Thumpers, Hemel Hempstead.

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Teams from Hertfordshire police and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene, but the individual was sadly later pronounced dead.

A 30-year-old from Hemel Hempstead has since been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

He remains in police custody at this time.

DS John Prendergast said: "This was a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the victim’s family at this difficult time.

"We politely request that their privacy is respected.

“We have already conducted extensive enquiries, but would now like to appeal to anyone who may have information that has not yet been in contact with us to please get in touch.

"I would particularly like to hear from anyone who may have seen a man on a bicycle in the area around the time specified.

“Any information, even something that may seem relatively minor or insignificant, could be key to progressing our investigation.”

Information can be reported online at herts.police.uk/report or by calling non-emergency number 101, quoting "Op Corbeil".

Anonymous information can be given to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org.