Fall, collision with vehicle, claim two lives at separate Alberta worksites

Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta is investigating separate fatal workplace accidents that occurred on the same day.

The provincial agency says a worker was killed Monday afternoon at a business in Leduc, south of Edmonton. The STARS air ambulance service says the death was the result of a fall. It says the worker was not taken to hospital, but no other details have been released.

The second accident happened near Grande Prairie, Alta., when a 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle.

The names of both victims have not been released.

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