HALIFAX – Police say a 58-year-old man was killed early today when he was loading a cargo jet at a facility near the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
RCMP Sgt. Al LeBlanc says they received a call at 4:43 a.m. that the man became trapped by the platform of a hydraulic baggage loader at a business on Pratt and Whitney Drive.
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He says they don’t know what caused the accident, but are investigating.
LeBlanc says the matter has been turned over to the medical examiner’s office and the Department of Labour.
A spokesman with the airport did not have any details on the incident.
Police were not releasing the man’s name.
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