Two men have died after being crushed by timber that fell on top of them inside a shipping container. Authorities were called to an industrial site in Wetherill Park, west of Sydney, shortly after 11am on Thursday where they worked to release three men. Police found the three men inside a shipping container on a property on Victoria Street. Authorities were called to an industrial site in Wetherill Park, west of Sydney, shortly after 11am on Thursday where they worked to release three men . They had been unloading or loading timber when it fell on them. Two men died at the scene as a result and the surviving man was taken to nearby Fairfield Hospital in a serious condition. Police say the shelving in the shipping container moved and trapped the men. Police and WorkCover NSW are investigating the incident and a report will be prepared for the Coroner. Two men died at the scene as a result and the surviving man was taken to nearby Fairfield Hospital in a serious condition .
Three men were trapped inside container at Wetherill Park in Sydney .
Authorities worked to free the men shortly after 11am on Thursday .
They had been unloading timber from container when it fell on them .
Two men died at the scene and the other was seriously injured .