A BUILDER has been killed while working on a school in North Swindon.

The man, who has not yet been named but is thought to be 50, was working at Red Oaks primary school when the accident happened at 1.50pm today.

He was crushed by a digger.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed and police are at the scene. It is thought that the man, who was putting up sheds in the school yard. He was in a cordoned-off area at the time.