FRENCH authorities have launched a police investigation into the tragic death of a Southampton based shipping boss last summer.
Senior Orient Overseas Container Line executive Courtenay Allan, pictured above, suffered multiple fractures in a freak accident on board a ship in Le Havre port and died the following day.
He fell six floors or 20 metres after walking through an open elevator door and landed on top of the lift car on the OOCL Montreal, which was about to embark on its maiden voyage.
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