The driving force of a truck suffered a medical emergency while driving, causing it to get lost and crash into a space in Port, Port West, killing an old woman inside the residence.
The 61-year-old driving force also died and police said two other crane passengers were injured, as well as an old man who was also at home, were taken to the hospital with which police described as serious but non-fatal injuries..
“It’s with a very heavy center that we published today that we lost one of our pilots in the line of duty,” it reads Sunday at a Facebook post on Eddy’s Towing.
“He was suffering from physical fitness problems that caused the bridge truck he was driving to get off the road and crash into a house.Tragically, a girl from the apartment at the time also died.We cannot begin to express our condolences to any of the families at that time, very difficult times.”
The fatal incident occurred Saturday night just before 6 p.m.NT on Front Road in the community, with the intervention of paramedics, firefighters and RCMP.The road closed at night.
“Our mind and prayers are also with our consumers who were getting into our van to return to the dealership with their vehicle broken down.It’s a tragedy for everyone involved,” Eddy’s Towing’s message reads.
Brad Bordeleau and his team of road structures were leaving the site of their structure within walking distance of the destination turn site at approximately 5:30 p.m.NT and fell to the stage.
He said the scene was chaotic and the truck was still running after crashing into the house.
“My whole team took over the box until the paramedics showed up,” Bordeleau told CBC News on Monday.
He said he had helped administer first aid and comforted the wounded.
“You know you have to be there, so when the paramedics, he and everyone show up, know what to do, where the wounded are and what the stage is, then you can take a step back and they can do their job,” he said.Said.
Seeing the space demolished on Monday, two days after the accident, “it’s very hard to see,” he said.
According to Eddy’s Towing, one of his driving forces suffers from a fitness problem, was lost and drove through this space in Port to Port West on Saturday.The driving force and an internal user of the space died, three other people were injured..com / zZ2S5daXQb
“Get to the hill and see the fact that the total truck in the look of space is shocking enough to begin with.And then finding out there were other people there, it’s hard.
The RCMP corporal. Gillian Reddy, who is component of the Bay St Detachment.George thanked Bordeleau and his team who were on the scene before emergency body of workers arrived.
He said the investigation is ongoing, but “we have no indication that there is a dangerous driving.It just turns out that the condition would have possibly caused the vehicle to get off the road,” he said Monday.
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