Man dead after being struck by falling tree in Markham
York Regional Police say a man died after being struck by a falling tree in Markham on Wednesday.
Officials were called to the 19th Avenue and Highway 48 area near Dickson Hill Road around 6 p.m.
Duty Insp. Brad Weick tells CityNews that a man was cutting a tree when it shifted and hit him. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the official said.
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It’s not being treated as suspicious.
About 800,000 people in Ontario and Quebec were without power Wednesday after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms battered parts of both provinces.
York-Durham and other regions in southern Ontario were under weather warnings, including a rainfall warning, for most of the day, but they were mostly lifted once the heavy rain subsided in the evening.
