Farm worker dies in tractor rollover

HAZEL GROVE, P.E.I. – A farm worker has died after the tractor he was driving left the road and rolled over onto the shoulder. According to a news release from the Queens District RCMP, police, emergency-services personnel and the New Glasgow Fire Department responded to reports of a single-vehicle collision that had occurred on Route 2 in Hazel Grove at about 8:30 p.m. on March 27. The driver, who has not been publicly identified pending notification of next of kin as of COHSN press time, was pronounced dead at the scene. The road was closed for a period of time while the responders investigated the accident scene and removed the tractor, the RCMP release stated. An investigator from P.E.I.’s occupational health and safety authorities also attended the scene, and the investigation into the incident continues.

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