Man electrocuted when pole he was carrying touched wires
Posted August 10, 2020 3:36 pm.
Last Updated August 10, 2020 4:54 pm.
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A man suffered life-threatening injuries after being electrocuted in a downtown industrial accident.
Toronto police say a man was carrying a pole on a job site when it came into contact with wires in the area of Yonge Street and Olive Avenue around 3 p.m.
Toronto paramedics transported a man in his 40s to a trauma centre with injuries described as serious and possibly life-threatening.
The Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate.
