A 58-year-old man from Edwin, Man. is dead after a piece of equipment he was operating hit a hydro line, RCMP say.
Around 3:10 p.m. Monday, Portage la Prairie RCMP were called to a report of an injured man on the side of the road on Highway 245, in the Rural Municipality of Norfolk Treherne.
Officers say the man was loading an excavator onto a trailer, when the boom touched a hydro line and the man was electrocuted.
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He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Manitoba Workplace Health & Safety has been notified and RCMP continue to investigate.
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