. ?# c3 K( w# x/ ?Two men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday.! L+ z1 X4 e( m/ E& n# Y0 F& ~1 e( v0 Q
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Occupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street. # H; f/ y) K2 u8 W& g5 D, g) d; l2 Q) j
It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.. x0 ?4 ]3 @1 v) a; j, O
$ o1 I8 e+ s( E& c6 mEPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead. 0 b4 j/ i) I# J9 W* q I# y$ [" U3 Y
More to come...