Police say one man is dead and two others are injured after a pit collapsed during sewer pipe repairs in Toronto.
Toronto police say the men were fixing a sewage pipe when the pit collapsed on them.
Police say it happened at around 5:25 p.m. Wednesday near Bayview Avenue and Ruddington Avenue in the city’s north end.
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Toronto police, paramedics and emergency crew were on the scene.
Police say the two people injured in the pit collapse are recovering in hospital.
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating.
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