Construction worker killed by driverless truck in Perth County

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted June 11, 2016 11:24 am EST

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File photo of an Ontario Provincial Police officer standing beside an OPP van. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins

PERTH, Ont. – Perth County Provincial Police are investigating a fatal accident at a construction site south of Sebringville, Ont.

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It happened around noon yesterday at the intersection of Line 32 and Road 134.

Investigators say a construction truck with a water tank struck the driver after he got out of the vehicle.

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The driverless truck then took out a hydro pole causing a powerline to land on the roadway.

The truck driver, identified as a 54-year old Murray Hyde of Perth East Township, was pronounced dead in a local hospital.

The OPP, the Ontario Ministry of Labour and the Coroner are all investigating.

Sebringville, Ont. is about 56 kilometres west of Kitchener.

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