7 p: h N6 R% L, |Two men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday.% N! A) U3 ~2 [7 Q6 A
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Occupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street. ' F3 R7 c& ^* l" k; ^6 \7 I& m3 F' J$ b1 E! a' E' f( ]
It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.& G1 |) I6 u/ A5 r& t: V: m
1 z1 B3 C( s- m) O2 n% OEPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead. 0 e* f9 |% v* e1 y; e; {6 n' w 5 B9 o& ?! Z) F" IMore to come...