A 39-year-old man from Saint John has died after falling from a hydraulic lift in Ottawa early Friday morning.
Emergency crews were called to a construction site at around 2:30 a.m. Dale Clinton was rushed to hospital where he later died of his injuries. He fell about 4 1/2 meters off the lift, and friends quickly called 911.
According to a release from the International Association of Fire Fighters, Dale Clinton was attending their Canadian Political Training Academy in Ontario. The final day of the academy was suspended because of the accident.
There was no construction scheduled overnight, and police are not treating the incident as an industrial accident.
Calls have been made to the Saint John Fire Department for comment.
