Two men thrown from bucket lift truck onto LRT tracks
Posted Apr 23, 2017 1:09 pm.
Last Updated Apr 23, 2017 3:47 pm.
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Two men are in hospital after getting thrown from a bucket lift truck while working on overhead power lines on an LRT track.
Paramedics were called to a tunnel at 42 Ave. and 1 St. S.E. at about 3 a.m. Sunday. They say the men were working on some overhead power lines.
“The truck that the were travelling in may have begun to slide down an incline, causing the bucket to strike some overhead infrastructure, causing them to be thrown from their bucket approximately 20-feet down onto the ground,” said EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux.
A man in his early 30s had head and back injuries, while a man in his early 20s had head, back and arm injuries.
“Both were considered to be serious at the time of transport, but stable and non life-threatening and each were taken to the Foothills Hospital,” said Brideaux.
Officials are investigating the incident.
