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Two workers have died after crane topples on Gabriola Island: B.C. RCMP

Two workers have died after crane topples on Gabriola Island: B.C. RCMP | iNFOnews.ca
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

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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