Two workers killed in collision at Suncor
By The Canadian Press - Broadcast wire, Fort McMurray AB
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Suncor Energy Inc. says it is standing down mine operations at an oilsands site in northern Alberta following the deaths of two workers.
Company spokeswoman Jennifer Lomas says a dozer hit a light-vehicle truck at the Fort Hills mine north of Fort McMurray about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The two workers were employed by Clearstream, a company contracted for services at the site.
RCMP say a man driving the truck, who was 29 and from Bloomfield, N.L., was pronounced dead at the scene. A 28-year-old woman from Calgary, who was a passenger in the truck, was also declared dead at the site. The driver of the dozer was not injured.
