17-year-old boy dies after being injured at Saint-Quentin plant
Wanny Pelletier's leg was trapped in a conveyor Dec. 22 at Groupe Savoie
A 17-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained in a workplace accident at a Groupe Savoie plant in Saint-Quentin, located in northern New Brunswick.
WannyPelletierdied Monday at the EdmundstonRegional Hospital, four days after his leg was caught in a conveyor.
Groupe Savoie is a producer of hardwood products with facilities in Kedgwick, N.B., Moncton, N.B., and Nova Scotia.
Its facilities in Saint-Quentin includetwo sawmills, a pallet plant, a component plant, a pellet plantand dry kilns.
It's not yet known what caused the Dec. 22 accident. It remains under investigation by the RCMP and WorkSafeNB, the province's workplace safety agency.
Saint-Quentin Mayor Nicole Somerssaid she was saddened by the news.
"I am very sorry for the loss of this child," Somers said in French."Everyone is touched. He was a child who was in school and had a large circle of friends."
The town's high school, Polyvalente A.-J.-Savoie, has invited students, staff and the community to remember Pelletierin a ceremony Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
With files from milie Pelletier and Catherine Allard
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