A MAN has died after falling from the roof of a disused barn on a redevelopment site near Worcester.

Labourer Christopher Windiate was rushed to hospital shortly after 9.30am after he fell from the roof of a barn at Court Farm, Hindlip Lane, Hindlip, on Wednesday.

Tributes have since poured in for the 52-year-old, who has been described by friends as “a great friend” and “a lovely man”.

An ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham attended the scene and Mr Windiate was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where he died.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find the man with a significant head injury and in cardiac arrest.

“Medics immediately began advanced life support. He was then airlifted to hospital with emergency treatment continuing en-route.”

Mr Windiate died soon after his arrival at the hospital.

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said the death was not treating the death as suspicious and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed it was assisting the police.

Andrew Purslow, from Stourbridge, said he had worked with Mr Windiate in the past.

“I used to do a lot of work around Worcester in the construction industry. I got to know Chris quite well. I got a call on Wednesday from a friend of mine who worked with Chris to tell me he had died following a fall,” he said.

“I’ve been trying to get hold of people in the area as I’d like to go to his funeral. He was a very nice man, easy to get on with. He was a pure Worcester lad and what happened is so sad.

“When something like this happens it affects everyone in the industry, it hits us all hard.”

Posting on his Facebook page, Kayleigh Taylor wrote: “Such sad news, a lovely man, full of life and love”.

Kourtney Wright wrote: “R.I.P, you were always there whenever anyone needed help. You were a great friend.”

Mr Windiate’s son, Adam, wrote: “Miss you dad, miss you so much.”

The dairy farm — also the former site of an agricultural college — is more than 140 years old and has been empty for more than a decade until planning permission was granted to convert it into a rural enterprise centre and new homes.