From the Drumheller RCMP:
On July 19th, 2014, at about 9:30 am, Emergency Services from Drumheller and Dalum responded to a sudden death at a gravel pit in a remote rural location southeast of Drumheller. A 15 year old employee was working with a piece of large machinery when he was killed. RCMP investigation determined this to be a non criminal tragic incident. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is conducting an investigation. No names are being released.
A young man died Saturday morning in a tragic accident crushing gravel at a location about 10 kilometres south of East Coulee.
Emergency responders were dispatched before 9 a.m. STARS was put on alert and the Drumheller and Dalum fire departments, Drumheller RCMP and Alberta Health Services EMS arrived at TWP 263 and Range Road 183.
A young man, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, was tangled in a gravel crusher. He was dead at the scene.
The crusher was on a private site and was subcontracted to provide gravel to build well sites. Co-workers at the scene were visibly upset.
Investigation into the incident will continue and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety normally play a role in this type of investigation.
