8 h* b& ?( G/ w7 cTwo men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday.' \9 E% C2 d+ m9 C
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Occupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street.! q6 B0 p/ ^- z+ N7 `8 m5 h+ g) C
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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.5 t) W7 U% I6 c9 d1 F
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EPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead. " ^7 q/ d3 z8 \ ! M* D( |* J- tMore to come...