A 48-year-old Erin me­chan­ic was crushed to death on Sun­day while re­pair­ing his wife’s car.

Po­lice said Evans Joshua, of Buenos Ayres, Cap-de-Ville Road, was work­ing on his wife’s Toy­ota Pic­nic at about 4.05 pm. The car was parked on an in­cline in the yard when it rolled and pinned him to the ground.

His wife called out to neigh­bours for help. They came to his as­sis­tance and re­moved him from be­neath the ve­hi­cle. He was tak­en by am­bu­lance to the Siparia Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty, where he was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival.

Of­fi­cers from the Erin Po­lice Sta­tion are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.