Worker injured after scaffolding collapse at Etobicoke construction site

By News Staff

Posted April 22, 2019 12:49 pm.

Last Updated April 22, 2019 3:15 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A worker has been rushed to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition after an industrial accident in Etobicoke.

Emergency crews were called to the scene just after 11:30 a.m. Monday.

Police said scaffolding collapsed at a construction site of detached houses in the area of Glen Agar and Duncairn drives.

The worker fell and was trapped under debris.

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