By Isabelle Bates,Ryan Fahey

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A man was tragically crushed to death after a bin he had climbed into was emptied into a lorry. Vitalij Maceljuch, 36, was thought likely to have fallen asleep in the bin which he climbed into near a Wren store in Chester in the middle of the night. The Czech national, who was born in Ukraine, was not spotted in the bin despite it being checked by refuse staff. READ MORE: Shop thief found with cat that didn’t belong to him Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp , click the link to join This included shaking it on its forks – but the contents, including Vitalij, were emptied into the Biffa lorry and crushed, The Mirror reports. Police were called when staff found his body on a conveyor belt at a waste management site in Flintshire in May last year. Staff initially thought it was a mannequin before making the horrific discovery, Ruthin Coroner’s Court heard. Assistant coroner David Lewis at Ruthin said Mr Maceljuch, of no fixed address, had a drug history in North Wales and Cheshire and traces of cannabis and amphetamine were in his body. Home Office pathologist Dr Jonathan Medcalf said: “It’s possible he was experiencing some of the effects of the substances at the time of his death.” There were severe injuries to the head and neck area. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said there was a “danger of death” warning sign on the bin. The drugs taken by Mr Maceljuch could cause drowsiness and it was likely he had been asleep in the bin. CCTV footage showed him entering the bin at 4am. The HSE was satisfied neither the driver nor the two waste companies were at fault. The coroner recorded a conclusion of misadventure and that Mr Maceljuch died at the skip site at Alltami on May 10 last year. Mr Lewis said: “It’s highly likely his death occurred some time before his arrival at that location. “It seems to be a case of an act of misadventure in that Mr Maceljuch died as a result of actions which were intentional but had unintended consequences.”