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Man killed after delivery truck rolls onto him in Calgary industrial incident

A man was killed after being crush by a delivery truck in southwest Calgary on Thursday. Michael King/Global News

A man was killed Thursday after being crushed by a delivery truck in southwest Calgary.

According to Calgary police, a 40-year-old mechanic was underneath the truck when it rolled onto him.

Emergency crews, including EMS, were called to the scene in the 700 block of 49 Avenue S.W. at about 1 p.m.

Traffic reconstruction officers were on the scene as of 6 p.m. conducting an investigation into what caused the fatal industrial incident.

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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) was called to investigate the incident. Two investigators were seen focusing on the front end of the vehicle which had the hood wide open.

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Calgary police are working to rule out whether there was any criminal negligence, at which point OHS would take over the investigation.

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