5 V, ]" N+ n/ \/ o. M0 K# _Two men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday." D. `: y3 y0 U
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Occupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street. " p) X3 J2 H; ~* R5 q6 S& _, @# [ % l8 Y0 q. E" @/ L) q2 c) U* u5 }& @It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.1 `5 r0 ?1 J' D1 _2 p& P
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EPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead.5 z2 j' L" |& X6 l2 ?0 j# l
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More to come...