$ R P; i8 O7 d& i- q8 Z& d1 K9 P# hTwo men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday. # o6 S5 t1 y" } `3 l . ~ l w/ j; |) }4 jOccupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street.2 \! ^% R, t0 e6 t8 q
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It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.2 N5 I6 f1 `* d' F9 u8 ~) t5 F" G
, F' Z0 I. b6 o7 JEPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead. ) t/ n* W K0 x8 d3 | * M* K# o& N- UMore to come...