Workplace death at Montreal airport; mechanic killed changing tire

MONTREAL – A workplace accident has killed a young mechanic at Montreal’s Trudeau airport.

He was a 22-year-old employee at the company OK Tire.

Around 11 o’clock this morning, the man was changing a tire on an airplane tug belonging to the Swissport ground-services company.

Authorities have no other details for the moment.

The province’s workplace-safety board is investigating.

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