A 60-year-old warehouse employee has died after being hit by the driver of a shunting truck in Scarborough Wednesday evening.

The man was found trapped under a trailer without vital signs at the loading dock of a warehouse on 100 Metropolitan Road, near Warden Avenue. He was pronounced dead on scene shortly after 6:30 p.m., paramedics said.

The driver, a 48-year-old man, was reversing towards the docked trailer before the man was pinned, police said.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death, they also said.

With files from Miriam Lafontaine.