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By SARAH BROOKES – SENIOR REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 00:30 EDT, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 01:33 EDT, 20 April 2026 <\/p>\n

A man has been crushed to death after being trapped beneath 300 kilograms of glass at a residential property in Sydney<\/a>\u2019s north\u2011west.<\/p>\n

Emergency services rushed to a home on\u00a0Valencia<\/a> Street in Dural just after 11am on Monday following reports a massive quantity of glass had collapsed onto a man.<\/p>\n

On arrival crews found the man, 49, pinned beneath the heavy load and unable to free himself.<\/p>\n

Officers from said the man was delivering glass panes at the property when a number of sheets collapsedon him<\/p>\n

Fire and Rescue NSW<\/a>, including specialist technical rescue crews, worked alongside NSW Ambulance paramedics in a complex and painstaking rescue operation to reach the victim.<\/p>\n

Despite the deployment of specialist paramedics and frantic efforts at the scene, the man could not be revived.<\/p>\n

He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Police have established a crime<\/a>\u00a0scene and have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n

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Fire and Rescue NSW , including specialist technical rescue crews, worked alongside NSW Ambulance paramedics in a complex and painstaking rescue operation to reach the victim<\/p>\n

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Despite frantic efforts at the scene, the man could not be revived and was pronounced dead<\/p>\n

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On arrival crews found the man aged in his 50s, pinned beneath the heavy load and unable to free himself<\/p>\n

Worksafe NSW has also been notified.<\/p>\n

A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.<\/p>\n

It is the second tragedy to rock the usually quiet semi-rural suburb in as many months with detectives identifing a derelict house in Dural as a makeshift fortress where kidnappers held 85-year-old grandfather Chris Baghsarian.<\/p>\n

The grandfather from North Ryde was kidnapped and murdered in February 2026 in a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

Human remains believed to be Mr Baghsarian were discovered in Pitt Town.<\/p>\n

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