# |! d& U8 d6 i& ^9 NTwo men died after being electrocuted at a rural south-Edmonton property just before 4 a.m. Friday. 3 M4 l- X/ T( |3 {/ w5 d# | 4 }5 Z. N' ]9 d" X5 _" O% gOccupational Health and Safety officials are now probing the deaths at the site near Ellerslie Road and Meridian Street.# H" D5 ~# W- O& j+ y
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It appears machinery the men were working with — a blue grain auger, over 10 metres in length — came in contact with an overhead powerline.! G' \7 G/ M$ j- U F {3 U3 I( D
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EPCOR cut the power after emergency crews arrived to find the men dead.- c0 i+ N, s2 c' o