Man dies after being trapped under construction machine in Whitby
Posted May 7, 2024 1:44 pm.
Last Updated May 7, 2024 7:05 pm.
A man died after being trapped under a small road roller at an industrial site in Whitby, police say.
Durham Regional Police Service officers and paramedics responded to the area of Hopkins Street and Consumers Drive around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Police say once crews freed the trapped man life-saving measures were performed but he was pronounced dead. It is not clear if he died at the scene or in hospital.
A co-worker of the victim tells 680 News he was 59 years old and had worked at the company for 30 years.
He said the worker was working along a nearby fence on the one of the properties that had about a seven-foot higher grade than the other when he got too close to the edge and the roller fell on top of him.
The Ministry of Labour has been called to the scene to investigate.
