A man is dead and two others are in serious condition after a pit collapsed on them in North York.
Toronto Police said they received reports of an industrial accident just before 5:30 p.m. in the Bayview-Ruddington Aves. area, where the three men were trying to repair a sewer pipe.
Police, firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene, where one man was pronounced dead and the other two men were rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The two surviving men were later upgraded to being in serious but non-life-threatening condition, police said, and were recovering in the hospital.
No ages were given for the men.
Police said the provincial Ministry of Labour has taken over the investigation. The ministry did not immediately reply to an email seeking more information on the incident.