Journal of Commerce | The Canadian Press | March 16, 2021
GABRIOLA, B.C. — The RCMP say two workers have died after a cement boom 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.