Rotherham worker found at Didcot named as Ken Cresswell
The body of a Rotherham man found in the collapsed wreckage of Didcot Power Station has been identified as that of Ken Cresswell.
The body of a Rotherham man found in the collapsed wreckage of Didcot Power Station has been identified as that of Ken Cresswell.
The 57-year-old demolition worker from Clifton died after the boiler house at the defunct plant partially collapsed in February.
Thames Valley Police said he had been formally identified after his body was found on Wednesday and his family had been informed.
The body of a second Rotherham worker - John Shaw, 61 from Kimberworth - is still missing.
A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: Our thoughts are with his family and also with the family of the remaining missing man, John Shaw, and we would ask that their privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time.
A joint Thames Valley Police and Health Safety Executive (HSE) investigation is ongoing to establish the circumstances which led to the collapse of the boiler house and the subsequent deaths.''
The body of a third man, Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, was recovered on August 31.
The building was previously too unstable to be approached and a 50-metre exclusion zone was set up around the site.
People in Rotherham who knew of Ken have been paying tribute to him.
Denise told Hallam: "I just knew him as a small child, and obviously the name rang a bell when I heard that they were trapped. It did bring back a few memories. You know listening to the families...I've seen interviews with the daughters and it's really upsetting.
"I don't know if I'd have been able to cope with that myslef... that a family member had been there all that time."
Sam knew Ken: "He was happy, bubbly...would help anybody. He was a friend to me at one time but as you get older you lose contact. It's two years since I last saw him, but he was always still the same. Happy, bubbly.
"I know his family spent a lot of time down at Didcot. Hopefully they'll find the other one soon and it can come to a closure.
"They were left so long. I mean we get emergencies abroad and we send teams straight over. When it's one of your own, you tend to think we could do something more about it."