! ~* ?/ V$ `$ c4 ^4 D1 t7 dTwo men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday., l. X" T7 F$ e
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Occupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street. * r1 r5 V, J% ~4 |" ^! S& x( |( K& \" ^8 Y$ |! Y
It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.: l* B2 t/ A; |; u2 X' t7 `2 P
5 h( P4 D0 O- Z6 D+ U$ FEPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead. % J4 ]. ?/ X4 P( ` E, G# w7 }! M9 m2 L" \8 g
More to come...