The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP say two workers have died after a crane toppled on Gabriola Island in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
March 16, 2021 - 4:46 PM
GABRIOLA, B.C. - The RCMP say two workers have died after a crane toppled on Gabriola Island in British Columbia.
The Mounties say in a news release that police and emergency services were called to a construction site Tuesday morning.
The release says the boom of a concrete pump-truck broke.
Police say both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
The RCMP say the BC Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC will conduct parallel investigations into the cause of death.
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