A 55-year-old Norfolk County man has died after a tree fell on him in Malahide, police say.
A release from Elgin County’s OPP detachment says the incident occurred Wednesday, just after 10:00 a.m., when police received a call that a tree “prematurely” fell on a man as he was cutting it.
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He was pronounced dead on the scene.
The deceased was part of a three-man crew working for a tree-cutting service that had been hired by the property owner where the incident occurred. Police have identified neither the man, nor the company for which he worked.
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The other two workers were not injured.
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the incident.
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