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Alberta man killed after crane collapses at Saskatoon construction site

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Police say an Alberta man who was rushed to hospital Saturday after a crane collapse in Saskatoon has died.

Officers had been dispatched to a construction site on Webster Street in the city’s northeast for an industrial accident.

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A crane collapsed at the site and two workers were injured and had to be taken to hospital.

In an update, police say a 38-year-old man from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., northeast of Edmonton, was pronounced dead and that family has been notified.

There was no update about the 37-year-old man.

Police have said provincial occupational health and safety officials have been contacted about the collapse.

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