19-year-old succumbs to workplace injuries

A 19-year-old man has died following a workplace accident on Thursday.
    
Pembina Valley RCMP were called to the scene - a construction site on Highway 306 in the Municipality of Rhineland - shortly before 1:30 p.m.
    
RCMP explain, a packer was loaded on to a flat deck trailer when it unexpectedly rolled off and struck the employee. He was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. 
    
RCMP and Workplace Safety and Health continue to investigate.