4 dead after scissor lift falls at house construction site in Quebec | 24CA News

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Published 20.08.2023
4 dead after scissor lift falls at house construction site in Quebec  | 24CA News

Provincial police say 4 individuals are useless after a building venture turned tragic Saturday in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent area.

Police say the victims had been atop a scissor raise a number of metres above the bottom as they labored on a brand new home within the municipality of Saint-Léandre when the system toppled for an unknown motive.

Police spokesman Stephane Tremblay says officers arrived on the scene to discover a younger man useless and three others badly injured.

He says they had been taken to hospital however died throughout the night time.

Officials say a coroner’s inquest is underway, whereas an investigation by Quebec’s office well being and security board goals to find out whether or not an gear breakdown occurred.

The victims are a 53-year-old girl and 60-year-old man from Rivière-du-Loup, a 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old girl from St-Léandre, a rural municipality of fewer than 400 individuals.

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