Construction worker killed by truck in Chelsea

Police in western Quebec's MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais say a 63-year-old workerfrom Bouchette was killed when he was pinned between two heavy vehicles ata Chelsea construction site Monday morning.

In a news release, the department said officers were called to a construction zone onchemin de la Riviresouth of cheminSaint-Clment around 7:15 a.m.

The victim was fuelling a tractor when a colleague backed a heavy truck into him, police said. That man was trapped and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said they are investigating and Quebec's workplace standards body CNESSTwas called.

The municipality said in a news release that road rehabilitation work was happening in the area.

It has closedcheminde laRivireto everyone but people living there betweencheminCarnochanand cheminde laCarrire, along with that stretch of itsmulti-use path.

This was the second heavy truck death in the area that morning:a 70-year-old man was pronounced dead in hospital Monday morning after rolling his truck west of Wakefield.

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