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Ministry of Labour investigating three separate workplace deaths

A construction worker has died after getting struck by a vehicle in Milton. Media371

Three people have died after separate construction accidents in the area.

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A male construction worker was hit by a vehicle on Main Street, east of Bronte in Milton, around 9 a.m. Thursday.

Police say the 55-year-old man became trapped under a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man in his 30s reportedly died in hospital on Wednesday, after he fell 30-40 feet from a Euro-Lift at a townhouse complex under construction on Baronwood Drive in Oakville.

And on Monday afternoon, police say a 22-year-old Toronto man died, after falling off the roof of an apartment building on Forest Avenue.

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The Ministry of Labour is investigating all of these incidents.

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None of the victim’s names have been released.

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