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1 dead, 1 seriously injured after Pickering industrial accident

Emergency crews at the scene of an industrial accident in Pickering Monday. Brittany Rosen / Global News

Durham Regional Police say one person is dead and another is injured after an industrial accident in Pickering on Monday.

Emergency crews were called to a construction site in the area of Glenanna Road and Pickering Parkway, near Pickering Town Centre, at around 12:40 p.m.

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A male victim was pronounced dead on scene while a second person was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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There is no word on the nature of the accident.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating.

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