VANCOUVER — Worksafe BC and the BC Coroner's Service are investigating a fatal workplace accident on Wednesday afternoon in West Vancouver.
Police say a worker was thrown from an excavator when it accidentally overturned while working at the top of a steep slope.
It happened at a construction site (on Chippendale Road) shortly after 1:30 p.m.
Police say the 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
His name has not been released.
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Investigators say the man was found lying in the area of Bog Park and appeared to be the victim of a gunshot wound.
BC Ambulance says it responded to a call in the Johnson Heights neighbourhood just before 10 p.m.
Chief Dan Copeland of the Delta Fire Department said the blaze is between 50 and 70 hectares in size, and 90 firefighters from a number of jurisdictions were battling the fire.